Raipur. Petitioner thereafter submitted an application seeking permission for development of aforementioned land and according to provision as mentioned under the aforementioned Act of 1956 and Rules of 2013, it is for the Developer/Colonizer to surrender 15% of land owned by him/her subject matter of development or to pay amount in lieu of 15% of land which is to be surrendered . He also clarifies that this option is available to colonizer only when land which is sought to be developed is below 1 acre and, therefore, petitioner intended to deposit amount in lieu of 15% of the land which is mandatory required to be surrendered under the aforementioned provision. Petitioner has submitted her option of making payment of value of 15% of land and has calculated sum of Rs.6,25,500/-. However Municipal Corporation has raised demand of Rs.56,08,980/- fixing the rate of 15% of land at the rate of Rs.34,000/- per square metre, which in view of guidelines issued by the State Govt. was erroneous and, therefore, petitioner has again submitted representation and re-calculated the amount based on Govt. rate as mentioned therein as Rs.10,700/- per square metre vide Annexure P-12 but the said representation was not considered and for want of deposit of amount as calculated by Municipal Corporation, application submitted by the petitioner seeking permission for development of land remained pending consideration before the concerned authority. Thereafter, respondent/corporation has again issued memo dated 20.05.2016 raising demand of Rs.56,08,980/-. Petitioner under protest has deposited the amount for the reason that her pending application for development of land could be processed. He contended that this petition is filed seeking relief of refund of excess amount deposited by the petitioner than what the petitioner is required
