(1.) All the petitions involving similar issues were heard together with the consent of the learned counsels for the parties and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
(2.) The petitioners in the present batch of petitions have challenged the land acquisition proceedings initiated by the respondents under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act of 1894'), in respect of the lands in question sought to be acquired for the Ajmer Agra Ring Road, spread across 47 villages, admeasuring in aggregate about 1,578.958 hectares. The petitioners have also sought the declaration that the said land acquisition proceedings have lapsed in view of Sec. 24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 2013'). Though the respondents have filed the reply in each of the petitions, the rejoinder by the petitioners and other affidavits as well as the documents have been filed in SBCWP No. 9126/14 only, for being read in other writ petitions too. Hence SBCWP No. 9126/14 was treated as the lead case.
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