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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.10205 OF 2016
[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.30690 OF 2016 ]
[@ CC No. 19086 of 2016]
DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Appellant(s)
VERSUS
DEVESH CHHABRA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10206 OF 2016
[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.30691 OF 2016 ]
[@ CC No.19151 of 2016]
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO.10208 OF 2016
[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.30693 OF 2016 ]
[@ CC No.19558 of 2016]
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10209 OF 2016
[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.30695 OF 2016 ]
[@ CC No.20011 of 2016]
J U D G M E N T
KURIAN, J.
JUDGMENT
1. Delay condoned.
2. Leave granted.
3 The issue, in principle, is covered against the
appellant by judgments in Civil Appeal No. 8477 of
2016 arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No.
8467 of 2015 and Civil Appeal No. 5811 of 2015
arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 21545
of 2015.
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4. These appeals are, accordingly, dismissed.
5 In the peculiar facts and circumstances of these
cases, the appellant is given a period of one year to
exercise its liberty granted under Section 24(2) of
the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in
Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Act, 2013 for initiation of the acquisition
proceedings afresh.
6. We make it clear that in case no fresh
acquisition proceedings are initiated within the said
period of one year from today by issuing a
Notification under Section 11 of the Act, the
appellant, if in possession, shall return the
physical possession of the land to the original land
owner.
JUDGMENT
Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.
No costs.
.......................J.
[KURIAN JOSEPH ]
.......................J.
[ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN ]
New Delhi;
October 18, 2016.
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