In Brief
In this land acquisition case involving Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd., the Supreme Court dismissed three miscellaneous applications seeking various directions from the Claims Commission regarding pending compensation and rehabilitation matters. The Court held that after its detailed judgment of November 2022, which exhaustively addressed all contentious issues and prescribed specific remedies (directing the High Court to resolve methodology disputes), further applications before the Supreme Court were not permissible. The Court clarified that the Commission had exceeded its mandate by entertaining cases already finalized, and that functions like preparing beneficiary lists belonged to District Collectors and State authorities. A methodology dispute for Village Ratansara was to be decided by the High Court alone.
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