Quantum of compensation

The amount of compensation for the land vesting in the State Government under section 21 shall be the aggregate of the following amounts, that is to say :—

1. (1) an amount calculated in accordance with such of the following sub-clauses as may be applicable to the land, namely :—
   • (a) if the land is held on lease from Government, an amount equal to twelve times the full assessment thereof ;
   • (b) in any other case, if the land is situate—
     • (i) in a class A local area, two hundred times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (ii) in a class B local area, one hundred and eighty five times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (iii) in a class C local area, one hundred and seventy times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (iv) in a class D local area, one hundred and fifty five times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (v) in a class E local area, one hundred and forty times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (vi) in a class F local area, one hundred and twenty five times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (vii) in a class G local area, one hundred and ten times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (viii) in a class H local area, ninety five times the full assessment thereof ;
     • (ix) in a class I local area, eighty times the full assessment thereof ;
   • (c) Where the land to which sub-clause
   • (b) applies is irrigated land and subject to the levy of betterment charges under any law in force in that behalf then the amount arrived at in respect thereof under clause
   • (b) shall be multiplied—
     • (i) by three, if the land is perennially irrigated, or
     • (ii) by one and half, if the land is seasonally irrigated, and from the amount arrived at under item
     • (i) or, as the case may be, item (ii), there shall be deducted the amount of betterment charges to the extent to which it has remained to be recovered from the holder on the date on which the amount of compensation is calculated under this section: Provided that if the amount calculated under this clause is less than the amount arrived at under clause
   • (b) in respect of the land, it shall be raised upto the amount arrived at under clause
   • (b) : Provided further that the amount of compensation under sub-clause
   • (c) shall not exceed the market value of the land.
2. (2) an amount equal to the market value of trees permanent structures and wells, if any, in the land belonging to the holder of the land and of pipe lines placed on the land by the holder of the land.