certainly the land acquisition has to lapse, notwithstanding the absence of any specific provision in the Act as contained in the Land Acquisition Act. When we say it is two years or one year it does not mean on expiry of the said two years or one year, as calculated under the L.A. Act, the acquisition has to lapse. It is roughly two years or one year. Few days or months this way or that way should not matter. Except for this absence of mathematical precision in calculating the period, the substance has to be applied. The parliamentary intention in prescribing time limit under the L.A Act cannot be ignored. However, it all depends on the facts of that particular case, the conduct of the parties, the purpose for which the land is sought to be acquired and the problems faced by the acquiring authorities in concluding the acquisition. Therefore, it is not possible to accept the contention of the acquiring authority that in the absence of any specific provision under the Act, no such time limit can be imposed and the same is without any substance. Even in the absence of any such prescriptions expressly under the statute, having regard to the fact that the right to property is a constitutional right and the person whose land is sought to be acquired is entitled to compensation at the market rate, such a compensation has to be paid to him at the
