1972 (3) TMI 92

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....ands were valued by the Land Acquisition Officer at ₹ 76,029.15 p. At the instance of the respondent the matter was referred to the District Judge under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. The learned District Judge enhanced the compensation payable to ₹ 2,97,019.15 p. The Punjab Government and the Punjabi University wanted to file an appeal against that order. The judgment of the District Judge was delivered on October 31, 1970. The Punjabi University applied for a copy of the decree and the judgment on November 18, 1970. The copies were made available on November 27, 1970. The last day for filing the appeal was Feb 8, '71. The appeal was actually filed on Feb. 10, '71. Hence, there was a delay of two days. Along wi....

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.... his mistake. The learned Judges of the High Court have not disbelieved the version given by Mr. Atma Ram. On the other hand, they have opined that the right to file the appeal was primarily that of the Punjab Government and the Punjab Government has not given sufficient reason for their delay in filing the appeal. It may be noted that the party which was essentially interested in filing the appeal was the Punjabi University. It had to pay the compensation for the lands acquired. Therefore, there was nothing surprising if the Government had left the matters in the hands of the Punjabi University. The Punjab Govt. was only fighting the case for the benefit of Punjabi University. The facts stated by Mr. Atmaram in his affidavit are highly pro....