Abdul Malek Ahmad PCA:

The subject lands comprise 96.76 acres of the 205,831 acres of Lot 25459 and fifteen acres of the 27,6434 acres of Lot 56626 in the Mukim of Hulu Kinta in the District of Kinta in the state of Perak. The notification of the compulsory acquisition was gazetted on 21 January 1993 and the purpose was for the development of a housing and commercial centre.

Lot 56626 forms part of the appellant and is sited to the immediate east and south of the Jelapang-Chemor main road and the North South Highway near the Jelapang toll plaza. In respect of Lot 25459, it has been severed into two portions by the existing North-South Highway, that is the stretch between Ipoh to Changkat Jering, and forms part of the appellant.

After an enquiry, the respondent awarded the sum of RM3,701,565 as compensation for Lot 25459 and RM1,249,558.80 for Lot 56626 as contained in Form G dated 19 May 1993. In effect, the appellant was awarded RM90,000 per hectare for Lot 25459 and RM215,000 per hectare for Lot 56626. Dissatisfied with the said award, the appellant subsequently filed its objection under s. 38(1) of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 (hereafter "the Act"). The grounds of its