P&H: Upholds Land Compensation Rates as per residential price in GLADA Appeals

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 22 Sep 2026
Headnotes

(i) Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Ss.18, 54 — Determination of market value — Comparable sale deeds — Reference Court has imposed reasonable cut of 50% — Court has compared acquired residential property with exemplar sale deed of residential property — Similarly, Court has compared commercial...

(i) Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Ss.18, 54 — Compensation — Appellants/landowners are claiming that market price of their land must be determined as applicable to commercial property — They have not led any evidence disclosing that their land was commercial — As per available evidence...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Upholds Land Compensation Rates as per residential price in GLADA Appeals

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a batch of 17 appeals filed by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority and landowners concerning compensation for land acquired for the development of Missing Link-II in Ludhiana.

The land was acquired in villages Gill-I, Gill-II, Lohara and Dugri for the proposed link between Dhandra Road and Sidhwan Canal via Malerkotla Road. The Land Acquisition Collector had fixed different rates for agricultural, residential and commercial land. The Reference Court later enhanced the compensation to ₹6,228.50 per square yard for residential property and ₹7,500 per square yard for commercial property.

GLADA challenged the...

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