AGARTALA, India, June 15 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on May 14:
[1] This present appeal has been filed under Section 54 of the L.A. Act, 1894 for enhancement of the amount of compensation against the judgment and award dated 23.07.2025 passed by the learned Land Acquisition Judge, Court No.1, West Tripura, Agartala in C.M (L.A) 22 of 2016.
[2] In a nutshell, the case of the claimant appellant as enumerated in the present appeal is that, the land of the appellant was acquired by the Government through a notification and awarded compensation in favor of appellant and thereafter, taken possession after acquisition from appellant. Appellant withdrawn awarded money under protest and made prayer for reference under Section 18 of LA Act, 1894, accordingly, L.A Collector referred the same before the learned L.A Judge, West Tripura and after receiving notice from L.A Judge, appellant filed Claim Statement along with the related documents and got the same exhibited. He submitted Judgment in L.A App 64 of 2021 passed by this Court by awarding Rs. 8,00,000/- per kani along with all other benefits in connection with land vide notification no.F.09(11)- REV/ACQ/VI/09 dated 29.01.2010. According to the appellant, the land in question has also been acquired with the said notification vide no. F.09 (11)- REV/ACQ/VI/09 dated 29.01.2010. It is contended that the judgment passed in LA App. 64 of 2021 is a covered judgment for which, appellant claimed the same.
[3] According to the appellant herein, during acquisition, respondents prepared assessment note where all class of land divided into 3 categories and as per assessment note, land of present appellant and land pertaining to the case vide No. LA App. 64 of 2021 are second category of land and both the lands are situated within same Mouja and adjacent to each other. It is further contended that the learned L.A Judge, West Tripura, Court no.3 after hearing the parties had awarded Rs. 7,00,000/- per kani and against the said judgment, TIDC filed an appeal before this Court. Upon hearing the parties, this Court ordered for remanding back the matter to the learned Court below for fresh adjudication. Thereafter, upon hearing the parties, learned District Judge, West Tripura, Court no.1 passed award of Rs. 8,00,000/- per kani by following covered judgment and sale deed, against the said judgment. TIDC further filed appeal and during hearing, TIDC submitted that without proving right, title, interest over the acquired land learned LA Judge, had passed the judgment. Accordingly, the matter was again remanded back to the Trial Court with a direction that the right, title, interest and possession over the acquired land have to be proved by the claimant by submitting Title Deeds/other relevant documents supporting his claim if any, and accordingly, his title documents were exhibited but, according to the appellant, the learned LA Judge, West Tripura, Court no.1 by the impugned award dated 23.07.2025 has awarded only Rs. 3,00,000/- per kani without considering the covered judgment in LA App. 64 of 2021 and other related documents regarding his entitlement over the acquired land.
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