Land Acquisition Act, 1894

2011 SCCL.COM 633(Case No: Civil Appeal Nos. 5195-5196 of 2004)
Jeet Singh & another Appellant(s) versus Union of India & others Respondent(s)
Date of Decision(mm/dd/yy): 9/15/2011.
Judge(s): Hon'ble Dr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave.
Subject Index: Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — section 11A — acquisition of land — challenged — on the ground that the award made in respect of the land in question was made in violation of the provisions of Section 11A — dismissed — hence, the appeal — the material facts on record showed that the land owners, i.e. the appellants made all possible efforts to delay the proceedings — the Supreme Court opined that the acquisition proceedings cannot be permitted to lapse, especially when the Land Acquisition Collector had acted promptly after getting a certified copy of the order whereby the stay granted was vacated — nothing produced on record that the Land Acquisition Collector had received any communication that the stay granted on 12th February, 1999 had been vacated and, therefore, he was absolutely right in not taking any action for proceeding further for making an award till 27th March, 2003 — appeal dismissed — no costs.