AVTAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In the instant case, the acquisition was made vide notifications dated 15.07.1998 and 04.06.1999 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 followed by award dated 31.05.2001. The dispossession of the petitioners was stayed by this Court on 04.07.2001 and the stay order is operating till date.

(2.) In the light of interpretation of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the '2013 Act') given by Hon'ble Supreme Court in its recent decision dated 07.05.2014 passed in Civil Appeals No. 5478-5483 of 2014, Union of India and others v. Shiv Raj and others, 2014 3 RCR(Civ) 357 the acquisition proceedings in the instant case are deemed to have lapsed. In the cited decision, Hon'ble Supreme Court has held as under:-