Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922

The Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 was invoked to acquire 124 kanals 3 marlas of land in Kapurthala for Development Scheme No. 2. The Collector, in his award dated 12 October 1976, divided the land into three belts (A, B, C) and fixed compensation at Rs 300, Rs 360 and Rs 210 per marla respectively. On reference und…

The Supreme Court examined whether the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (especially sections 6, 23(1‑A), 23(2) and 28) were incorporated into three State Acts – the Punjab Town Improvement Act, the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act and the Uttar Pradesh Awas Evam Vikas Parishad Act – or merely referred to. It he…

The Administrator Municipal Committee, Charkhi Dadri (appellants) acquired 46.51 acres of land under a notification issued pursuant to Section 42 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, and an award was passed in 1976 with compensation paid and possession taken in 1977. The scheme (No. 1‑B) was required to be execute…

The appellant, Akhara Brahm Butha, entered into a compromise with the Improvement Trust, with the State of Punjab also a party, to exclude 12 kanals of land from a town‑improvement scheme and to receive compensation for the remaining land at a fixed rate. Although the collector awarded compensation based on the agreeme…

The Punjab Town Improvement Act was used to acquire 821 kanals of land for municipal expansion. The Collector’s 1977 award fixed compensation per marla, which the Tribunal enhanced in 1984. Claimants sought further enhancement, relying on a later 1987 Tribunal award and sale transactions cited in the Collector’s award,…

The Hoshiarpur Improvement Trust sought higher compensation benefits after the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 amended the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Tribunal had originally awarded 15% solatium and 6% interest, but later modified the award to 30% solatium and 12% interest under Sections 23(2) and 23(1‑A). …

The Ludhiana Improvement Trust appealed against a High Court order that awarded a uniform compensation of Rs. 107 per square yard for 13 acres of land acquired for commercial‑residential purposes, rejecting the belting system used by the Land Acquisition Officer who had classified portions of the land as levelled‑up an…

The Punjab Town Improvement Trust sought compensation for land acquired under a 1922 Act. The Land Acquisition Collector awarded market value, which the Tribunal enhanced to Rs 307 per sq yd up to a depth of 43 ft. The Trust challenged this in the High Court, which confirmed the Tribunal’s award but unilaterally increa…

The land owners challenged the compensation awarded by the Punjab and Haryana Improvement Trust for lands acquired under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, alleging that the High Court erred by applying a one‑third deduction for development charges and by ignoring recent sale deeds of shop premises. The High Court had en…

The Improvement Trust, Moga initiated a truck diversion scheme under Section 36 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, acquiring 15.5 acres for a new market. Notices of the scheme and objections were published in newspapers and the Gazette as required by the Act, and the scheme was approved under Section 40. The res…

The Jalandhar Improvement Trust claimed ownership of 2½ kanals of land that forms part of a 55‑acre development scheme acquired by a 1977 award. The respondents, displaced persons from Pakistan, asserted that the land was evacuee property and sought proprietary rights, contending that the Trust’s eviction proceedings u…

The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (Trust) had initiated a Model Town Extension Scheme that involved acquiring land from several co‑operative societies, including Shakti Co‑operative House Building Society (Society). The land of the societies was later exempted from acquisition under Section 56 of the Punjab Town Improveme…

The Bhatinda Improvement Trust framed a development scheme under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 and published notices under Section 36 in May‑June 1977. A notification sanctioning the scheme under Section 42 was issued on 30 June 1980. Respondents contended that the notification was beyond the three‑year period …

The dispute arose between M/s Today Homes & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (and Mapletree Properties) and the Ludhiana Improvement Trust over a joint‑venture agreement dated 24‑05‑2005, which the Trust later claimed was void. The developers filed an application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 199…

The petitioners were appointed as Trust Executive Officers under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, with a contractual clause stating a one‑year probation period. After completing that year and receiving an increment, the State Government dissolved the improvement trusts and, invoking Rule 9 of the Punjab Trust Ser…

The West Bengal Housing Board, acting through a joint‑sector company, requisitioned and later acquired 1.82 acres of land to build a housing scheme for low‑ and middle‑income groups. The petitioners, who had purchased the land but whose names were not yet entered in the Record of Rights, claimed that the requisition no…

The Ludhiana Improvement Trust acquired 8.4 acres of land owned jointly by five respondents and framed the 1964 Land Disposal Rules, which allowed only one plot per local displaced person. The respondents claimed that each joint khata holder was entitled to a separate plot, relying on a letter dated 19‑Aug‑1994 from th…

The Amritsar Improvement Trust framed a scheme under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 to create a passage to Guru Nanak Stadium and, after statutory publication and government approval, began acquiring land for the scheme. The appellants, who purchased a vacant site after the scheme’s approval but before personal …

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by special leave against a Punjab & Haryana High Court order dismissing a writ petition that challenged the Ludhiana Improvement Trust's land acquisition. The Trust had issued notifications under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 (equivalent to Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition …

The appellant challenged the validity of land acquisition proceedings initiated by Khanna Improvement Trust under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. The High Court dismissed the writ petition on the ground that it was filed belatedly, having been filed in 1988 despite the notification of acquisition being published…

The Improvement Trust of Ludhiana framed a Development‑cum‑Housing scheme which was later modified and sought State sanction under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. The appellants challenged the scheme on the grounds that the modified scheme required re‑publication, that notices under sections 36 and 38 were not s…