(1.) For the reasons assigned in Part E of this Judgement, we grant leave in all these Special Leave Petitions, except those mentioned in List-B, List-D.2 and List-E.1 (infra).
(2.) These appeals have been preferred by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Government of National Capital of Delhi (GNCTD), Land Acquisition Collector (LAC), Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC), East Delhi Municipal Corporation, and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) (collectively, the "appellants"), against various identical orders of the High Court of Delhi, whereby acquisition proceedings had been declared to have lapsed in terms of Sec. 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter, the "2013 Act"). Multiple Review Petitions and Miscellaneous Applications have also been moved by the DDA seeking recall and review of certain orders of this Court dismissing their SLPs, whereby some of the land acquisition proceedings were declared to have lapsed.
(3.) While the factual matrix giving rise to the present controversy has been elaborated in a judgement of the even date passed by us in the matter of GNCTD (through Secretary, Land and Building Dept.) v. KL Rathi Steels Ltd.,MA No. 414/2023. a very brief overview of the relevant facts has been set out below.