Union of India v. Usha Jain & Anr

ORDER o/o

25.07.2013 I have heard the learned counsel for the appellant as well as the learned counsel for the respondents. The learned counsel for the parties have statedthat the judgmentpassed by the High Court on 1.2.2012in a batchoflandacquisitionappealswiththe lead caseofJaiPrakashvs. Union ofIndia &Anr.; 1^7 (2012) DLT 535 has already been challengedin the Hon'bleSupreme Court by both the parties and the same is pendingfmal \ J] \ V \ adjudication. So far as the presentbatch of appeals are concerned,the learnedAdditionalDistrictJudge has in the ReferencePetitiongiven the benefitoflandrates as fixed in Jai Prakash'scase(supra)to the respondents whoseland have been acquired. The saidbenefitis thatfor 'A' categoryof land,ratehas beentakenas ?17,45,000/-peracreand for B category,ithas been taken as ^17,01,375/- per acre. Sincethe aforesaidlandratesfixedby the HighCourtin Jai Prakash's case i^suprd)are alreadyunderchallengein the Apex Courtand the learned ReferenceCourthas giventhe benefitofthe saidjudgment,I feel that there % is no other option for this court but to dismiss the appeal of the appellant/UnionofIndia. Accordingly,the presentappealsare treatedas withoutany meritand . . are dismissed. »^^ ^ V.K.SHALI,J. JULY 25, 2013 'AA'

V/ $-5 to 13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + la'. App.Nos.78/2013to 86/2013 UNION OF INDIA Appellant Through: Mr, SiddharthPanda,Advocate. versus VINEET JAIN&ANR. USHA JAIN & ANR. AVINASH JAIN & ANR. RAKESH JAIN&ANR. ANITA JAIN&ANR. JAWAHAR LAL ALWANI & ANR. SHEETAL KUMAR JAIN & ANR. SUMESH JAIN&ANR. NEETU ALWANI & ANR. Respondents Through: Mr. DevinderSingh,Advocatefor R-1 in Item Nos.5 to 9,11 & 12. Mr. S.K. Rout & Mr. Pramod Kumar, Advocates for R-1 in Item Nos.lO & 13. Mr. Kunal Sharma, Advocate for the DDA. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K. SHAH