the Act of 2013 provides for factor by which market value is to be multiplied in case of rural areas ranging from 1 to 2 depending upon the distance of the project from the urban area. Serial No. 3 of the First Schedule provides that the factor by which the market value is to be multiplied in case of urban area is 1 (one). The fixation of the multiplication factor can be 1 (one) in respect of rural areas as well but having regard to the prescription, it may not be constant but may range from 1 to 2 depending on the distance of the project from the urban area as notified by the appropriate Government. In the reply to the RTI query made by the petitioner, as many as 23 towns have been notified to be urban areas within the State of Mizoram. However, the same does not include Chhingchhip village. Therefore, in the considered view of this Court, if the multiplication factor is made to be 1 (one) as a common figure for both urban and rural areas, the intent and purport of the Act of 2013, more particularly in the First Schedule, will not be served and thereby, depriving adequate and appropriate compensation to those having their land in rural areas and acquired for any purpose whatsoever. Further, W.A No. 70/2018 mentioned in the impugned Notification dated 11.09.2019 has already been disposed of by a Division Bench of this Court vide its Judgment & Order dated 30.10.2024 by dismissing the writ appeal. In other words, a common Judgment & Order dated 15.11.2018 passed by the learned Senior Judge in WP(C) Nos. 20 & 30/2014
