HARYANA URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY versus ABHISHEK GUPTA ETC.

HARYANA URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY versus ABHISHEK GUPTA ETC.

The respondents failed to prove that Section 5A was breached or that the Government's decision to proceed with acquisition was arbitrary; the statutory scheme gives the Collector a recommendatory role and the Government a final decision which is reviewable only for want of application of mind or arbitrariness, which...

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Parties
Appellant: Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA/HSVP); Respondents: Abhishek Gupta etc.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
21 October 2024
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal to the Supreme Court Against High Court Judgment Quashing Notifications Under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Outcome
Appeals allowed; impugned High Court judgment dated 15.07.2008 set aside
Legal Topics
Section 5 a, Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Objections Under S.5 a, Public Interest, Unauthorized Structures, Article 14 Discrimination, Doctrine of Merger, Public Trust Doctrine
Land Acquisition Constitutional Law Administrative Law Property Law Section 5 A, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Objections Under S.5 a Public Interest Unauthorized Structures +3 more

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Parties

Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA/HSVP)

Appellant

Abhishek Gupta etc.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal to the Supreme Court Against High Court Judgment Quashing Notifications Under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the mandatory procedure under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was followed
  2. 2 Whether acquisition proceedings were vitiated by violation of Article 14 due to differential treatment of similarly placed landowners
  3. 3 Whether the appeals are infructuous in view of a subsequent settlement between the parties

Ratio Decidendi

The respondents failed to prove that Section 5A was breached or that the Government's decision to proceed with acquisition was arbitrary; the statutory scheme gives the Collector a recommendatory role and the Government a final decision which is reviewable only for want of application of mind or arbitrariness, which was not shown here. The High-Powered Committee's on-site findings justified the Government's divergence from the Collector. The discrimination claim under Article 14 failed because 99.78% of the initially notified land was acquired and the allegedly exempted land was subsequently acquired; the State's conditional offer to release respondents' land was taken without adequate...

Court Disposition

Appeals allowed; impugned High Court judgment dated 15.07.2008 set aside

Orders

  • Impugned judgment dated 15.07.2008 of the High Court set aside
  • Any other High Court orders following the main judgement and adversely impacting the subject acquisition are also set aside