Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Timur Laut v PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN TAMAN TEMBAGA

p-01a-608-09-2024 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 9 December 2025 • P-01(A)-608-09/2024 • 27 min read
27 cases cited (1 SG, 26 foreign)

Catchwords

Pengambilan Tanah — Pampasan — Seksyen 12, subseksyen 36(2), 37(1), 49(1) Akta Pengambilan Tanah 1960 — Penentuan jumlah pampasan bagi tanah yang diambil — Hak pemilik tanah di bawah Perkara 13 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Pentadbir Tanah — Kuasa dan Fungsi — subseksyen 12(1), 13(1) Akta Pengambilan Tanah 1960 — Kuasa Pentadbir Tanah untuk menentukan nilai harga pasaran dan jumlah pampasan — Pelaksanaan fungsi kehakiman / (quasi judicial power). Tafsiran Statut — Tafsiran perenggan 4(a) Jadual Pertama Akta Pengambilan Tanah 1960 — Penetapan prinsip pampasan berdasarkan “nilai pasaran”. Doktrin Pilihan dan Estopel — semasa siasatan di hadapan Pentadbir Tanah — Sama ada pemohon terikat melalui pilihan atau estopel berkaitan laporan penilaian. Pampasan — Nilai Pasaran — Keterangan — Sama ada pampasan wajar ditentukan berdasarkan nilai harga pasaran pada tarikh pengambilan atau berdasarkan laporan penilai — Objektif/ tujuan mahkamah ialah untuk memastikan pampasan yang adil, berpatutan dan mencukupi kepada pihak berkepentingan.

Practice Areas

Pengambilan Tanah

Judges (3)

Azizul Azmi bin Adnan Coram Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali Delivered Shahnaz binti Sulaiman Coram

Counsel (5)

Y.C. Wong Firm Charanjit Singh A/L Mahinder Singh Counsel Appellant Elson Beh Counsel Respondent Eric Aloysius Augustin Counsel Respondent Sharifah Syazwani binti Syed Hussin Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN TAMAN TEMBAGA Respondent Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Timur Laut Appellant

Case Significance

Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Timur Laut v PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN TAMAN TEMBAGA is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated December 9, 2025 (citation: p-01a-608-09-2024). <p>Land Administrator appealed the High Court's increased compensation for land taken for the Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu highway in Penang. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, affirming the additional RM1,378,355 compensation and holding that election/estoppel cannot override constitutional rights to adequate compensation.</p> The panel comprised Azizul Azmi bin Adnan, Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali and Shahnaz binti Sulaiman, with Che Mohd Ruzima bin Ghazali delivering the judgment. Counsel appearing: Charanjit Singh A/L Mahinder Singh (counsel for appellant), Elson Beh (counsel for respondent), Eric Aloysius Augustin (counsel for respondent), Sharifah Syazwani binti Syed Hussin (counsel for appellant).

Summary

Land Administrator appealed the High Court's increased compensation for land taken for the Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu highway in Penang. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, affirming the additional RM1,378,355 compensation and holding that election/estoppel cannot override constitutional rights to adequate compensation.

What was the outcome of Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Timur Laut v PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN TAMAN TEMBAGA?

<p>Land Administrator appealed the High Court's increased compensation for land taken for the Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu highway in Penang. The Court of App...

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution

Cases Cited (27)

SG (1)
[2018] SGHCF 18
UK (1)
[1944] KB 718
MY (25)
[1971] 1 MLJ 59 [1983] 2 MLJ 35 [1990] 2 MLJ 229 [1995] 2 MLJ 549 [1995] 3 CLJ 485 [1997] 4 CLJ 645 [1998] 1 MLJ 1 [2002] 8 CLJ 744 [2008] 4 MLJ 473 [2008] 5 CLJ 14 [2008] 6 MLJ 763 [2010] 9 CLJ 810 [2011] 5 MLJ 197 [2013] 2 MLJ 16 [2017] 3 MLJ 561 [2017] 4 CLJ 265 [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [2018] 2 MLJ 590 [2019] 1 MLJ 723 [2021] 3 CLJ 1 [2021] 4 MLJ 1 [2021] 4 MLJ 570 [2021] 7 CLJ 1 [2022] 5 MLJ 785 [2022] 9 CLJ 865