Rohit Gupta v. Union of India & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 18 Land Acquisition Act 1894; reference under Section 18; refusal to forward reference; time barred; limitation; Land Acquisition Collector; Tehsildar; not a Court for Limitation Act 1963; adjudication of limitation by Collector impermissible; compulsory acquisition compensation reference; quashed and set aside; directions to competent authority; no opinion on merits; Delhi High Court writ petitions civil W.P.(C) 2151/2022 2246/2022 2380/2022; Rohit Gupta Madhu Gupta Ram Kishan Gupta v Union of India; Sambre and Dayal JJ.; order dated 08.08.2025; petitions allowed.
What did the court decide?
In all three petitions, the impugned orders dated 17 December 2021 were quashed and set aside; the Land Acquisition Collector/Tehsildar was directed to forward the references submitted by the petitioners under Section 18 forthwith, if so required, with his comments, to the competent authority for determination of the issues involved therein.