JUDGMENT :

M. R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 03.07.2017 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench in Misc. Bench No.4149 of 2006 by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petition to the extent of Plot No.219, 1 bigha, 10 biswa and 10 biswansi, Village Malesemau, Tehsil & District Lucknow and has declared that the acquisition with respect to the said land is deemed to have lapsed under Sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act 2013’), the Lucknow Development Authority has preferred the present appeal.

2. Having heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective parties including Shri R. Basant, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the subsequent purchasers and having considered the decision of this Court in the case of Indore Development Authority Vs. Manoharlal and Ors., (2020) 8 SCC 129 and as it is reported that the possession of the land in question was already taken over in 2003, delay caused in preferring the appeal condoned w