Government of NCT of Delhi and Anr. vs Mohd. Zubair and Anr.

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

2 December 2022

Case No.

Civil Appeal No. 8930 of 2022

Result

Allowed

Bench

M.R. Shah, C.T. Ravikumar

Citation

[2022] 16 S.C.R. 625 : 2022 INSC 1247

Headnote

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: s.24(2) – Subsequent purchaser – Entitlement of, to claim lapsing of the acquisition proceedings under s.24(2) of the Act, 2013 – Held: In view of the decision in Godfrey Philips (I) Ltd. & Ors., subsequent purchaser is not entitled to claim lapsing of the proceedings under the Act, 2013.

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: s.24(2) – Land Acquisition – Possession taken on 16.07.2007 – It was specific case of appellant that the possession of land in question was taken over by preparing a possession proceeding on the spot – High Court declared that the land acquisition with respect to the land in question is deemed to have lapsed solely on the ground that the compensation was not tendered to the original writ petitioner – Held: Not sustainable in view of the Constitution Bench decision in the case of Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors. – In the said decision, it was observed that for lapsing of the acquisition under s.24(2) of the Act, 2013, twin conditions, of not taking over the possession and not paying/tendering the compensation, are required to be satisfied and that if one of the conditions is not satisfied, there shall not be deemed lapse of the acquisition proceedings under s.24(2) of the Act, 2013 – In view of the fact that the possession was taken, acquisition proceedings is not deemed to be lapsed. Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors. (2020) 8 SCC 129 : [2020] 3 SCR 1 – followed.

Delhi Development Authority v. Godfrey Philips (I) Ltd. & Ors. Civil Appeal No. 3073 of 2022; Government (NCT of Delhi) v. Manav Dharam Trust and Anr. (2017)

6 SCC 751 : [2017] 4 SCR 232 – relied on.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. R. SHAH, J. 1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition(C) No. 2674 of 2017 by which the High Court has declared that the acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 1894”) with regard to the subject land is deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “Act

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