In Brief
This land acquisition case concerns 21.88 kanal of agricultural land acquired by Haryana State Ware Housing Corporation in 1988 for warehouse construction. The original compensation of Rs. 75,000 per acre was enhanced by the High Court to Rs. 2,19,413 per acre using a 67.5% development deduction. The Supreme Court held that post-notification sale deeds cannot be used to determine market value. It found the 67.5% deduction excessive and applied the customary one-third deduction instead, enhancing compensation to Rs. 4,43,258 per acre. The Court clarified that appellants cannot claim interest for delay in preferring appeals from review.
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