Kiran Rai and Anr v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors

1. The petitioner^s^&Jfe^bM^pft^;^^^@fi'^^2)ofthe Right to Fair Compensation and Transpareifcy^iifLahd Acquisition,Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as 'the 2013 Act') which came into effect on 01.01.2014. A declaration is sought to the effectthatthe acquisition proceeding initiated underthe Land Acquisition Act, 1894(hereinafter referred to as 'the 1894 Act')in respect ofwhich Award No.29/2002-03 dated 01.11.2002 was made,inter alia, in respect W.P.(C)No. 7668/2014 ' Page I of[3] 2015:DHC:11468-DB ofthe petitioners' land comprised in KhasraNos.8/3(1-05),9(1-07), 13 min(0-12),8/1(1-10),8/2(2-0)and 13 min(0-05)measuring6bighas 19 biswas(to the extent ofVi share)in all in village Shahbad Daulatpur,New Delhi,shall be deemed to havelapsed.

2. Though the respondents claimed that possession of the said land was taken on 19.05.2000, the^^S®iifeTs®^ispute this and maintain that physical possession has ndfheehlaken. However^,insofar as the issue of compensation isccon'cdrned, Msoahi^dmiufedtpositiohtthat if has not been # '^iMh4SM0' 1 paid. I * I i i flmi I v! I f?»,| &I|U M

3. Withoutlgoing into thelbOht£b1^b|s||pf physical po^ession, this %.-ja-n Mi A M %. # much is clear thakthe^it^^ui^ priorto the commencement ofti^'>20C3i%'G|4hE,f^G©iipensatidChas also not been — V^UllUllCllL/ClllCllL U[1] LllC '/^V;;/l3^aUJU *■*3 '"V" * paid. The necessary ingredients foFthef^pplication of Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act as interpreted by the Supreme Court and this Court in the following cases stand satisfied:- (1) Pune Municipal Coworation and Anr v. Harakchand MisirimalSolankiandOrs\ (2014) 3 SCC 183; W.P.(Q No. 766812014 Page 2 of[3] f \> (2) Union ofIndia and Ors v. Shiv Rajand Ors'.(2014)6 see 564; (3) Sree Balaii Naeav Residential Association v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors: eivil Appeal No. 8700/2013 decided on 10.09.2014; (4) Surender Sinsh v. Union ofIndia & Others: WP(C) 2294/2014 decided on 12.09.2014 by this Court;and (5) Girish Chhabra v. Lt. Governor of Delhi and Ors: WP(C)2759/2014 decided,Lon,,12.09.2014 by this Court..t O. 'IT f \11 ra K IM jr- I As a result,/tfe«netiB6nerSvat^c®itled to aidi,elaration thatthe said >1' acquisition prQdee^dMgs initi^C^|ih:Ser||]|^l894 Ac^n respect ofthe I mMMSm subjectland arcdeemedto have|ap%|t^jt|i'ssodeclared. |

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5. The wriiipetition is allo\^ed-t^;th^W6resaid extent. Tliere shall be no order as to costs, naStSffjTf.. •r ^ iev fs. "l^rBOTAklSllfeEZ AHMED,J u>0 i NOVEMBER 30,2015 SANJEEV SACHDEVA,J kb