The Government Of Tamil Nadu vs V.V.D.Murali
2021 Latest Caselaw 13468 Mad

                                                                            W.A.No.1561 of 2021

                                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                                   DATED : 07.07.2021

                                                           CORAM

                                      THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH
                                                       and
                                       THE HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE R.N.MANJULA

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                                                and C.M.P.No.9849 of 2021


                     1.The Government of Tamil Nadu
                       Rep. by Secretary to Government,
                       Energy Department,
                       Fort St.George, Secretariat,
                       Chennai - 600 009.

                     2.The District Collector,
                       Kancheepuram District.

                     3.The Special Tahsildar (L.A) Unit III,
                       Ultra Mega Power Project, Cheyyur,
                       Kanchipuram District.                                       .. Appellants


                                                            Vs

                     V.V.D.Murali                                                 .. Respondent


                          Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order
                     dated 30.01.2018 made in W.P.No.27123 of 2016.

                               For Appellants          :     Mr.D.Ravichander
                                                             Government Counsel

                               For Respondent          :     Mr.AR.Karthik Lakshmanan


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                                                       JUDGMENT

(Delivered by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.)

The issue involved in this appeal is with respect to the payment

of compensation either under the Act under which the acquisition

proceedings were initiated or under the Right to Fair Compensation

and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Act, 2013 (for short 'the Act').

2.It is submitted by both the counsel that the issue involved is

covered by the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in

W.A.No.2901 of 2019 dated 05.09.2019. The learned Government

Counsel further submitted fairly that a challenge was made to the

amended provision contained under Section 105A of the Act and the

same has been struck down by the Division Bench of this Court and

during the pendency of the W.P. (C) No.1411 of 2020 dated

29.06.2021 (G.Mohan Ram and Others Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and

Others), a new amendment has come into force, which has been

declared as intravires and even in the said amendment, the

compensation has to be fixed under the provisions of the Act as per

Section 6(3).

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3.In view of the above, this writ appeal stands dismissed.

Accordingly, we direct the appellants to proceed further and pass an

award as per the newly amended provision. The aforesaid process will

have to be completed within a period of four months from the date of

receipt of a copy of this judgment. No costs. Consequently, connected

miscellaneous petition is closed.

                                                             (M.M.S., J.)    (R.N.M., J.)
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                     Index:Yes/No
                     mmi/ssm

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M.M.SUNDRESH, J.

and R.N.MANJULA,J.

mmi

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