Through: Mr. Siddharth Panda, Advocate v. SULTAN SINGH (D) THR LRS. & ORS

Delhi High Court · 17 Nov 2014 · 2014:DHC:6105
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
2014:DHC:6105
civil appeal_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's appeal as time barred due to unexplained delay and upheld the compensation awarded for land acquisition as legally valid.

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LA.APP No. 314/2014 Page 1 HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: November 17, 2014
LA.APP. 314/2014
UNION OF INDIA ..... Appellant
Through: Mr. Siddharth Panda, Advocate
VERSUS
SULTAN SINGH (D) THR LRS. & ORS. ..... Respondents
Through: Mr. Kunal Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.3-DDA
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
JUDGMENT
ORAL
C.M. No.11855/2014 (u/S 151 CPC)
There is delay of 248 days in re-filing the accompanying appeal.
For reasons stated in the application, it is allowed and delay is condoned.
Application is disposed of.
C.M. No.11853/2014 (u/O 41 R 3A CPC & Sec. 5 of the Limitation
Act)
There is delay of 47 days’ in filing the accompanying appeal.
The reasons for the delay occasioned as put forth in paragraphs No.
3 & 4 of the instant application are nothing but bureaucratic lethargy in filing the accompanying appeal.
Applying the parameters governing condonation of delay, as reiterated by the Apex Court in Esha Bhattacharjee Vs. Raghunathpur
2014:DHC:6105 LA.APP No. 314/2014 Page 2 Nafar Academy (2013) 12 SCC 649 to the instant case, I find that delay occasioned has not been satisfactorily explained. Hence, this application is dismissed.
LA.APP No. 314/2014 & C.M. No.11852/2014
Impugned judgment grants compensation for ‘A’ category of land
@ `16,50,000/- per acre with consequential benefits to respondents in respect of their land situated in village Pochanpur, Delhi, which was acquired vide Notification of 13th December, 2000, under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
Since appellant’s application seeking condonation of delay stands dismissed, therefore, this appeal is dismissed as time barred. Even on merits, impugned order suffers from no infirmity or illegality, as it grants compensation at par with compensation granted to similarly situated persons in Ranbir Sharma Vs. Union of India & anr. 187 (2012) DLT

781. Application for stay is dismissed as infructuous.

JUDGE NOVEMBER 17, 2014 r 2014:DHC:6105