JIND WADDA vs GENERAL MANAGER NHA (LM & IS), ISLAMABAD Ss — 2023 SCMR 1005 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 SCMR 1005 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: JIND WADDA vs GENERAL MANAGER NHA (LM & IS), ISLAMABAD Ss

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Judgment text as reported

JIND WADDA VS GENERAL MANAGER NHA (LM & IS), ISLAMABAD Ss. 18 & 23---Land acquisition---Dispute over quantum of compensation---Appellants (land owners) had failed to produce any independent, trustworthy and credible evidence for their claim qua enhancement of the compensation---Despite the fact that the Referee Judge accepted the reference petition of the appellants and enhanced the compensation from Rs. 33,657/- to Rs.96,830/- per kanal, the appellants failed to bring on record any document showing value of the land adjacent and surrounding to the land of the appellants to be more than Rs.96,830/- per kanal---Witnesses examined in evidence before the Referee Judge admitted the fact that the property surrounded by the acquired land was agricultural in nature and the compensation was granted in the award for agricultural type of land---Further one of the appellants admitted in his cross-examination that he had got no written proof about the sale/purchase of property at the rate of Rs.16,00,000/- per kanal in the vicinity of the acquired land, which was the rate that the appellants were claiming---Judgments passed by the High Court and the Referee Judge were well within the remit of law---Appeal was dismissed.

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