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Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; WRIT - A No. 1638 of 2024; Annapurna Verma v. State of U.P. thru Secy. Energy and 5 Others; decided 05.03.2024 by Manish Mathur, J.; Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:19723. Writ petition against 25.02.2017 order rejecting representation for employment in lieu of acquired land DISMISSED on twin grounds: (1) unexplained seven-year delay/laches — the impugned order was passed during pendency of Contempt Application (Civil) No. 35 of 2017, was on its record, and the contempt application and recall application stood rejected (04.10.2023) and dismissed (19.01.2024); (2) no existing provision for employment in lieu of land acquisition, relying on Full Bench decision in Ravindra Kumar v. District Magistrate, Agra, (2005)1 UPLBEC 118. Keywords: laches, delay and limitation in writ jurisdiction, land acquisition, employment in lieu of land, contempt proceedings, maintainability, preliminary objection.