replied. On 4 January 2003 another application came to be filed resisting acquisition proceedings before the learned Additional Commissioner, Pune in Revision Application No.2 of 2003. A report was called in this regard and subsequent to the report on 31 October 2008, respondent No.2 passed an order rejecting the revision application of the petitioners. Thereafter, the matter was taken before the concerned department of Mantralaya and since they were not successful in getting favourable order, the present writ petition came to be filed challenging the acquisition notice issued way back in the year 2002. During the pendency of this Writ Petition which came to be filed in the year 2014 in spite of several adjournments and specific direction way back in March,2016, the respondents-authorities have not bothered to place on record any details in respect of completion of acquisition proceedings resulting in any award under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act,1894. The petitioners are not challenging service of notice nor consideration of their objections. They are seeking benefits flowing out of non-compliance of certain statutory requirements by the authorities after initiating the land acquisition proceedings. According to the petitioners, the main deficits so far as the acquisition proceedings are (i) the petitioners are still in possession of the land; (ii) no award as such is passed till date; (3) no compensation amount is received. In spite of such averments in the writ petition, till date there is nothing on record whether there was notification under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act followed by final award under Section 11, followed by taking over possession so as to get the land vested with the Government in terms of Section
