#compensation entitlement

Himachal Pradesh High Court rules that continuous possession and payment of land revenue, as evidenced by revenue records, override vesting entries under the H.P. Village Common Land Act, 1974. This entitles proprietors to compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, reinforcing the primacy of factual possession over statutory vesting in land acquisition disputes.

The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that even when revenue records are corrected, disputes over compensation under the National Highways Act must be resolved solely by the Competent Authority under Section 3H(4). This reinforces the statutory exclusivity of administrative remedies and bars petitioners from bypassing them via writ petitions, affecting thousands of landowners awaiting delayed payouts.