2013 (11) TMI 1813

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....acres acquired by the Government of Haryana vide notification dated 15.5.1997 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), which was followed by declaration dated 4.5.1998 issued under Section 6(1) of the Act. The purpose of acquisition was development of Sector-52 for residential, commercial and institutional purpose in District Gurgaon. 3. The Land Acquisition Collector passed award dated 3.5.2000 whereby he fixed market value of the acquired land at the rate of Rs. 12,00,000 per acre for Chahi, Rs. 9,60,000/- per acre Allabarani, Rs. 8,40,000/- per acre Bhood land and Rs. 7,20,090/- per acre for Banjar land. 4. Feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Land Acquisition Collector, the Appe....

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.... is not believable. So much so, the Appellants have not mentioned the names of the other claimants to whom they have entrusted their appeals for filing before this Court. Even otherwise, it is not believable that a villager whose land has been acquired will not enquire about his case from a co-villager through whom the said appeal was filed, allegedly, for such a long period. The averments made in this application shows that the Appellants had been negligent and casual in their approach to file the appeal and they have woken up only when this Court had enhanced the compensation in other appeals. Thus, the explanation given is not accepted. No sufficient cause to condone the extra ordinary delay has been shown, therefore, prayer for condon....

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....de satisfactory explanation for the long delay of 1110 days, but it cannot be ignored that in identical matters another learned Single Judge had granted relief to the landowners by enhancing the compensation and this factor should not have been overlooked by the learned Single Judge while deciding the application for condonation of delay. 12. We can take judicial notice of the fact that villagers in our country are by and large illiterate and are not conversant with the intricacies of law. They are usually guided by their co-villagers, who are familiar with the proceedings in the Courts or the advocates with whom they get in touch for redressal of their grievance. Affidavits filed in support of the applications for condonation of delay are....