(1.) In Special Civil Application No. 20362 of 2015, challenge is to Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Special Civil Application Nos. 12012 of 2014 to 12023 of 2014 have been filed to declare that the proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 are lapsed in view of the provision under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, with further relief to restrain the respondent authorities from taking possession of the lands of the petitioners therein.
(2.) As common issue arises for consideration in all the above petitions, they are heard together and disposed of by this common judgment. For the purpose of disposal, we refer to the facts and reliefs sought for in Special Civil Application No. 20362 of 2015.
(3.) Special Civil Application No. 20362 of 2015 is filed with the prayers which read as under: