“The reference court took the view that the documents relied on by the claimants except sale deed No.1142 of 2012 cannot be accepted for the purpose of fixing the land value of the acquired lands. Consequently, even though the sale deed referred to above is a post notification sale deed, the reference court fixed the land value for almost all the lands falling under category 1A at Rs.3,68,802/- per Are and based on the said valuation, fixed the land value for the lands included in category 1B at 25% below the land value fixed for the lands included in category 1A. As the matters were not tried together, in a few references, different land values were also fixed. Be that as it may. In terms of the judgment in LAA No.150 of 2017 and connected cases pertaining to lands acquired for the same purpose, pursuant to the same notification by including in category 1A, I have held that the land value fixation made for the said properties by the reference court based on sale deed No.1142 of 2012 cannot be accepted. I have also found that the land value fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer is also not correct and liable to be revised. In the light of the said findings, I have remitted those matters for fresh disposal to the reference court. In so far as the basis of the fixation of land value made in these matters are the land value shown in sale deed No.1142 of 2012 and the land value fixed for the lands included in category 1A, according to me, these matters are also liable to be remitted for fresh disposal.”
