1995 INSC 1123
                                           Sita Devi Wd/O Mukand Lal

                                                           Vs

                                           State of Haryana and Another

                                         Civil Appeal No. 11932 of 1995

                                       (K. Ramaswamy, B. L. Hansaria JJ)

                                                      07.12.1995

                                                        ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. The award of the Collector under Section 11 is of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and is dated
26-11-1976. The award of the Reference Court under Section 26 is dated 10-1-1985. Therefore, the
appellant is entitled to the payment of enhanced interest and solatium under Sections 28 and 23(2).
The controversy raised in this matter is covered by the recent judgment of this Court in Prem Nath
Kapur v. National Fertilizers Corpn. of India Ltd. ((1996) 2 SCC 71).

3. In order respects, the appellant is not entitled to adjust interest and solatium from the principal
amount of compensation determined under Section 23(1) and deposited on the respective dates. He
is also not entitled to interest on solatium. Equally, the appellant is not entitled to additional amount
under Section 23(1-A) at 12 per cent per annum from the date of notification till date of award or of
taking over possession, whichever is earlier. The appellant is entitled under Section 23(2) to
solatium at 30 per cent on enhanced compensation. Equally, the appellant is entitled to interest at 9
per cent on enhanced compensation for one year from the date of taking possession of the land and
15 per cent thereafter till date of deposit into court.

4. Appeal is accordingly disposed of. No costs.