2016 INSC 0915
               SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Govt.of NCT of Delhi Through Secretary Land & Building
                        Department & Ors.

                                            Vs.

                            Kailash Chand Gupta & Ors.

                            C.A.No.9599 of 2016

                    (Kurian Joseph and R.F.Nariman,JJ.,)

                                         22.09.2016

                                         JUDGMENT

KURIAN Joseph, J.,
SLP(Civil)No.23002 of 2015

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellants are aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court wherein it has been
declared that the land acquisition proceedings have lapsed in view of operation of Section
24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as "2013 Act"). We have
dealt with a similar issue in Govt. of NCT of Delhi and another v. Mahender Singh and
others1 Therefore, in terms of the said judgment, this appeal is dismissed.

3. However, dismissal of this appeal shall not stand in the way of the appellants to initiate
proceedings afresh for the acquisition of the subject land under the provisions of the 2013
Act.

4. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, the appellants are given a period of
one year to exercise its liberty granted under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act for initiation of
the acquisition proceedings afresh.

5. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

6. There shall be no order as to costs.

Judgment Referred.

1C.A.No.9596/2016

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