Mukesh Jamnadas Shah vs. Special Land Acquisition Officer

COURT NO.4

SECTION III

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).4111-4113/2024 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 25-01-2024 in FA No.11/2023 25-01-2024 in FA No.21/2023 25-01-2024 in FA No.22/2023 passed by the High Court Of Gujarat At Ahmedabad)

SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER UNIT-1, & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

PARTH KAUSHIBHAI PANDYA IS P.O.A OF JIGAR ANANTBHAI DESAI & ORS. Respondent $(s)$ No.39283/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED $(\mathbf{IA}$ JUDGMENT and IA No.39284/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

• Date: 21-02-2024 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
• HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA
• For Petitioner(s) Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv. Mr. Vinay Vishen, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Privanka, AOR
• For Respondent(s) Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR Ms. Sucheta Joshi, Adv.
  • Ms. Himadri Haksar, Adv.
  • Mr. Narayan Dev Parashar, Adv.
  • Mr. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
  • Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.
  • Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv.
  • Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Sr. Adv.
  • Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv.
  • Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, AOR
  • Mr. Nipun Katval, Adv.
  • Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv.
  • Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv.
  • Mr. Dhananjai Shekhwat, Adv.
  • Mr. Aishwary Mishra, Adv.
  • Mr. Dashrath Singh, Adv.
  • Mr. Ayush Anand, Adv.
  • Mr. Sarthak Karol, Adv.
  • Mr. Sved Kamran Ali, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Verma, Adv. Ms. Vriti Gujral, Adv. Mr. Asim Pandya, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Udayan Vyas, Adv. Mr. Manan Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Balaji, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amar Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. S Lakshmi Iyyer, Adv. Mr. Chirag Nayak, Adv. Mr. Naman Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Tarak Damani, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Issue notice, returnable on 16.04.2024.

2. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, AOR, Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, AOR, Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AOR and Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR accept notice on behalf of respondents.

3. Counter affidavit may be filed within four weeks. Rejoinder affidavit, if any, be filed within two weeks thereafter.

4. Records be requisitioned.

5. Subject to deposit of the compensation at the rate of Rs.10,000/- per sq. mt. with the Reference Court within a period of six weeks, the execution of the Reference Court award dated 05.03.2022, which includes the grant of interest from 1991, as upheld by the High Court vide impugned judgment dated 25.01.2024, shall remain stayed.

6. The claim regarding release of interim solatium and interest shall be determined on the next date of hearing.

(ARJUN BISHT) (PREETHI T.C.)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)