Legal Heirs of Deceased Kundanmal Baid, Smti. Asha Devi and Ors v. The Collector Cum Dc Dhubri and Ors

ORDER

07.03.2024

Page No.# 6/8 Mr. OP Bhati, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants submits that due to wrong legal advice, the appellants who were the plaintiffs have instituted the suit being Title Suit No.420/2010 and thereupon the proceedings which were continued leading to the filing of the instant appeal have been all under wrong legal advice. He submitted that this is a pure and simple case wherein the question arises as to the entitlement of the compensation between the plaintiffs vis a vis, the defendant Nos.3 to 10 for which the plaintiffs ought to have been advised for filing an application under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (for short, the Act of 1894) for seeking a reference so that the Collector could have made the reference to the learned District Judge within whose jurisdiction the said land has been acquired.

¶2He further submitted that a perusal of the entire proceedings would show that the appellants on account of the wrong legal advice have been pursuing bonafidely and diligently the entire proceedings for which the period during which the instant suit has been filed till date ought to be excluded while computing the limitation for filing an application under Section 18 of the Act of 1894. He further submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the instant appeal and the plaintiffs be permitted to pursue the remedies under Section 18 of the Act of 1894.

¶3This Court has put a pointed query upon Mr. OP Bhati, the learned counsel for the appellants as to what would be the objection to the award under Section 18 to be filed. The learned counsel submits that the objection to the award shall be limited only as regards the person to whom the award would be payable and not in respect of any other objections. Page No.# 7/8

¶4This Court has also put a query upon Mr. T.R Gogoi, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2 as to whether the awarded amount has been disbursed or not. The learned counsel submits that as per his instruction(s), the said amount has not yet been disbursed.

¶5Taking into account the above, this Court closes the instant appeal proceedings and grants the liberty to the plaintiffs who are the appellants herein to file the application under Section 18 of the Act of 1894 within a period of 42 days from the day of the instant order. The said objection under Section 18 of the Act of 1894 shall be only limited to the persons to whom the awarded amount is payable and nothing more.

¶6This Court has also taken note of that the orders passed by the learned Trial court as well as the 1st appellate court wherein on account of jurisdiction, the suit as well as the appeal have been dismissed. It is also seen that the appellants herein have been pursuing the remedies on legal advice diligently and bonafidely. Under such circumstances, this Court, therefore, is of the opinion that the appellants herein would be entitled to the benefit under Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

¶7With the above observations and directions, the regular second appeal stands disposed of.

Page No.# 8/8 JUDGE

Comparing Assistant

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