Land Acquisition – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s.24(2) – High Court allowed writ petition preferred by respondents–original writ petitioners and held that acquisition proceedings in respect of the three plots in question pertaining to the original writ petitioners stand lapsed under subsection (2) of s.24 of the 2013 Act – It was so held by the High Court, solely on the ground that, though deposit of compensation was made in the Treasury, but the same was not deposited in the Court and consequently payment of compensation was not made to the land owners – Held: Applying the law laid down by this Court in the case of Indore Development Authority and in the present case as the amount of compensation was deposited with the Treasury and even the possession was already taken over on 07.09.2005, the impugned judgment passed by the High Court is unsustainable. Indore Development Authority versus Manoharlal and others, (2020) 8 SCC 129 : [2020] 3 SCR 1 – relied on.
Delhi Development Authority versus Sukhbir Singh and others, (2016) 16 SCC 258 : [2016] 5 SCR 227 – referred to.
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