ORDER

1. In these matters Special Leave to Appeal was granted on 27.09.2013. These applications have been filed praying that the Appeals be disposed of in view of the various subsequent determinations of this Court. It has been pointed out that in its Counter Affidavit, the Union of India has in terms admitted that compensation had not been tendered in consonance with the law. In para 19 of the Counter Affidavit, it has been pleaded that "when the possession of the land could not be taken by virtue of the operation of the interim orders of this Hon'ble Court and the Hon'ble Delhi High Court, the question of payment of compensation to the Petitioner does not arise". In the cases in hand, the Award is dated 06.08.2007 and is in existence therefore for more than five years. Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (in short 'the New Act") is clearly applicable. This Court has in a number of decisions including Pune Municipal Corporation v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki (2014) 3 SCC 183, Union of India v. Shiv Raj (2014) 6 SCC 564 and Bimla Devi v. State of Haryana (2014) 6 SCC 583 clarified the manner