best return and not merely in accordance with its present use and disposition In a recent decided case in Province of Punjab v. Muhammad Fazil — 1968 PLD 1360

Citation: 1968 PLD 1360

Court: Balochistan High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-07

Parties: COLLECTOR, QUETTA-PISHIN, QUETTA vs HABIBULLAH AND 14 Other

Headnotes

this Court has held that the compensation must be determined by reference to the price which a willing vendor might reasonably expect to obtain from a willing purchaser. The land is not --- ## Page 5 to be valued merely in accordance l, with the use to which it is being put, but also by reference to the uses to which it was reasonably capable of being put in the future.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Balochistan High Court Judge(s): Shafi-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Akram Title: COLLECTOR, QUETTA-PISHIN, QUETTA vs HABIBULLAH AND 14 Other Case No.: First Appeal No. 11 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1969-11-07 Reported As: PLD 1970 Quetta 35 Result: Appeal partly accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AKRAM, J.-This is an appeal by the Government Under section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 against the award made by the District Judge, Quetta, on the 22nd of August 1964, on the reference forwarded to him for the assessment of compensation, for the land acquired from the land owners. 2. The Commissioner Quetta Division, Quetta, issued Notification No. 198-R-8/61 dated the 24th of March 1961, under section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act (I of 1894) for the acquisition of the land situated in Mahal Khushkaba Kansi, Mauza Shaldara, Tappa Kansi and Mahal Sirki Kalan, Mauza Sirki, Tappa Saddar Kansi, Tehsil Quetta, District Quetta-Pishin for the public purpose of the construction and establishment of Pakistan Bureau of Mineral Resources. G. D. N. Branch, Karachi. This was followed by the second Notification No. 198-R-8/61, dated the 28th of April 1961, issued under sections 6 and 7 of the Land Acquisition Act containing the details of the land to be acquired, measuring 150 Acres 4 Rods and 14 Pols in all, situated in these two Mahals. After the necessary enquiry, the learned Political Agent and Collector, Quetta-Pishin, Quetta, gave his award on the 4th of April 1962. He…

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