JUDGMENT :

C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Overlapping issues are involved in this bunch of cases. The point of polemics, which is common in all these cases, pertain to the meaning and interpretation of the word “initiated” employed in Section 24(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for brevity “the 2013 Act”) with reference to land acquisition proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity “the L.A. Act”). Going by the appellants in the appeals arising from SLP (C) Nos. 16631-16632 of 2018, including the State of Haryana, the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation and the appellants or respondents in certain other appeals sailing along with them (hereinafter referred to as Party ‘A’) for the purpose of Section 24(1) of the 2013 Act, issuance and publication of a Notification under Section 4(1) of the L.A. Act, 1894 alone would amount to initiation of acquisition proceedings thereunder. Per contra, the contesting parties, viz. the respondents therein and appellants in other appeals who hold the contra view, (hereinafter referred to as Party ‘B’) would co