Delhi Property Valuation: Circle Rates Deemed Unreliable for Accurate Fair Market Value at Herald House, New Delhi.

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....Valuation of property - Herald House, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - FMV determination - We hold that firstly, the circle rate which has been proposed by the appellant to be applied here in this case for valuing the property is not acceptable, because circle rate are not the right benchmark in all cases for determining the actual market value of property in Delhi especially where the property is located. Here it is found as a matter of fact that even in the sale instance of residential property at Tolstoy Marg, the sale rate was many times higher than the circle rate. In any case, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg and Tolstoy Marg fall in the same zone i.e., Zone – A for the purpose of circle rate and if the property at Tolstoy Marg has been sold.........