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M/S Bsk Realtors, LLP v. Govt. of Nct, Delhi & Ors.

Delhi HC11 Jan 2016W.P.(C)/7442/2015

Case brief

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What is this about?

In this writ petition, the petitioner sought a declaration that acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act, wherein no possession was taken and no compensation paid by the time the 2013 Act commenced, were deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act. The Court found that ingredients of Section 24(2) were satisfied.

What did the court decide?

Declaration that acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act in respect of the subject lands are deemed to have lapsed; Writ petition allowed.

M/S Bsk Realtors, LLP Vs Govt. of Nct, Delhi & Ors. — Land Acquisition | Delhi HC (2016)

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$~61

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Judgment delivered on: 11.01.2016

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W.P.(C) 7442/2015 & 13745/2015 (stay)

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M/S BSK REALTORS, LLP ..... Petitioner

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versus

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GOVT. OF NCT, DELHI & ORS. ..... Respondents

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Advocates who appeared in this case:

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For the Petitioner : Mr B. Tripathy with Mr Randhir Pandey, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr Yeeshu Jain with Ms Jyoti Tyagi, Advocates for respondent Nos.1 & 2. Mr Arjun Pant, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BADAR DURREZ AHMED HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA

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J U D G M E N T

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BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J (ORAL)

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1. By way of this writ petition the petitioner is seeking the benefit of section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the 2013 Act’) which came into effect on 01.01.2014. The petitioner, consequently, seeks a declaration that the acquisition proceeding initiated

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under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the 1894

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Act’) and in respect of which Award No.15/87-88 dated 05.06.1987 was made, inter alia , in respect of the petitioner’s land comprised in Khasra No. 623(5-10) measuring 5 bighas 10 biswas in Village Chattarpur shall be deemed to have lapsed.

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2. It is an admitted position that neither physical possession of the subject lands has been taken by the land acquiring agency, nor has any compensation been paid to the petitioner. The award was made more than five years prior to the commencement of the 2013 Act. All the ingredients of section 24(2) of the 2013 Act as interpreted by the Supreme Court and this

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Court in the following decisions stand satisfied:-

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(i) Pune Municipal Corporation and Anr v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki and Ors : (2014) 3 SCC 183;

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(ii) Union of India and Ors v. Shiv Raj and Ors : (2014) 6 SCC 564;

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(iii) Sree Balaji Nagar Residential Association v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors : Civil Appeal No. 8700/2013 decided on 10.09.2014;

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(iv) Surinder Singh vs. Union of India and Ors. : W.P.(C) 2294/2014 decided 12.09.2014 by this Court.

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3. As a result the petitioner is entitled to a declaration that the said acquisition proceedings initiated under the 1894 Act in respect of the subject lands are deemed to have lapsed. It is so declared.

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4. The writ petition is allowed to the aforesaid extent. There shall be no

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order as to costs.

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BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J

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SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J