Shimla, Nov. 2 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) to pay enhanced compensation, along with all statutory benefits, to landowners whose properties were acquired through private negotiations for the Sawra-Kuddu Hydro-Electric Project in Shimla district.
The court held that the landowners were entitled to the enhanced compensation from the date of execution of their sale deeds, in accordance with the undertaking given by the project authorities.
Justice Sandeep Sharma, while deciding a batch of five petitions, filed by Jangvir Singh Dulta, Vijay Pal Dulta, Krishan Pal Dulta, Satpal Singh Dulta and Man Singh, observed that HPPCL was bound by its commitment to pay the differen...