JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (C) No. 1870 of 2016 by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petition preferred by the respondent No. 1 herein and has declared that the acquisition with respect to the land in question has lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “Act 2013”) the Government of NCT of Delhi as well as the Land Acquisition Collector have preferred the present appeals.

2. We have heard Ms. Astha Tyagi and Shri Nishit Agrawal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective appellants and Shri Manish K. Bishnoi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No. 1.

3. At the outset, it is required to be noted that while passing the impugned judgment and order, the High Court has relied upon the decision of this Court in the case of Pune Municipal Corporation and Another vs. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki and Others, (2014) 3 SCC 183 and has declared that the acquisition with respect to the land in q