Syed Agil Barakbah FJ:

This is an appeal against the decision of the learned Judge given in the High Court, Kuala Lumpur on 24 January 1983 relating to the determination of the market value of a piece of land held under Certificate of Title No. 3727, Lot No. 2388, Mukim of Batu, District of Gombak, in the State of Selangor. This 147 acres of land is owned by 14 co-proprietors in undivided shares of which the appellant is the registered owner of 800/23670 shares. It was part of Sungai Tua Estate which had undergone fragmentation.

The Selangor State Government decided to acquire the whole of said land for the purpose of sub-dividing and distributing to the landowners who had been displaced due to the construction of a dam for a flood control scheme involving their lands at Batu. All the necessary requirements under ss. 3 to 7 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 having been complied with, a declaration of intended acquisition under s. 8 was published in the State Government Gazette on 10 April 1980 (p. 43 of record). On 15 May 1980 a public notice of inquiry of the intended acquisition was issued by the Collector of Land Revenue, Gombak under s. 10 and on 15 May 1980 notices req