ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. The only issue involved in the present case is whether the provision of Section 24(1)(b) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 2013’) is governed by the proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the said Act or it has to be read as part of section 24(2).

3. For the purpose of Delhi Metro Railways, land acquisition was initiated by issuing a Notification on 04.06.2009 under Section 4 read with Section 17(1) and (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1894’).

4. As per letter dated 16.6.2009, written by the appellant-Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC, for short) to the Land & Building Department of the Delhi Government, 80% of the land compensation amounting to Rs. 3,28,56,687.49p. (Rupees Three Crores, Twenty Eight Lakhs, Fifty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Seven and Forty Nine Paise only) was deposited by the appellant vide cheque dated 15.6.2009. The matter travelled to this Court and this Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition. Thereafter, declaration under Section 6 of the Act of 1894 had