Land Acquisition Act, 1894

2011 SCCL.COM 625(Case No: Civil Appeal Nos. 304-305 of 2005)
A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corpn. Ltd. Appellant versus Chinthamaneni Narasimha Rao & 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 6 — declaration under — acquisition of land for public purpose — writ petition filed challenging the validity of declaration under Section 6 of the Act on the ground that the declaration was not made within the period prescribed under Section 6 of the Act — allowed — hence, the appeals — the Supreme Court opined that if the land owners were really aggrieved by the declaration under Section 6 of the Act, they ought to have challenged the same immediately after the declaration under Section 6 was made — no reason to interfere with the acquisition proceedings, which had been challenged after more than two years of declaration under Section 6 of the Act — impugned judgment passed by the Division Bench quashed and set aside — appeals allowed.