In compulsory acquisition cases where land has special potential of value to the acquiring authority, both the Raja's case principle (permitting compensation for special potential even where the acquiring authority is the only possible purchaser) and the Pointe Gourde principle (requiring disregard of value increases due to the scheme underlying the acquisition) must be applied concurrently. The tribunal must identify the scheme underlying the acquisition before determining compensation. The distinction between the two principles is that in the Raja's case there were two schemes and in Pointe Gourde only one. The appropriate starting point for valuing special potential as a source of fill is the market royalty rate, not the market value of the fill to the acquiring authority.
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