Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 : s. 24(2) – Land acquisition when deemed to have lapsed – Writ petitioner’s case that possession of the agricultural land has been taken – Writ petition by the private respondent-writ petitioner seeking declaration that acquisition proceedings pertaining to subject land is deemed to have lapsed in view of s.24(2) – High Court relying upon Pune Municipal Corporation’s case and on the ground that compensation has not been paid or tendered allowed the writ petition – Sustainability of – Held: Not sustainable – Pune Municipal Corporation’s case has been overruled by this Court in the Constitution Bench decision in Indore Development Authority’s case – Applying the law laid by this Court in Indore Development Authority’s case to the facts of case, and that the physical possession of the subject land was taken on 22.09.1997, the order of the High Court is quashed and set aside – Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. (2020) 8 SCC 129 : [2020] 3 SCR 1 – followed.
Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misrimal Solanki & Ors. (2014) 3 SCC 183 : [2014] 1 SCR 783 – referred to.
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