JUDGMENT :

M.R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 01.12.2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (C) No.27 of 2015 by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petition preferred by the respondent no.1 – original writ petitioner and has declared that the acquisition with respect to the land in question is deemed to have 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 ‘the Act 2013’), the Government of NCT of Delhi has preferred the present appeal.

2. A Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act, 1894) with respect to the land in question was issued as far as back on 10.11.1960 followed by the declaration under Section 6 of the Act, 1894 dated 06.01.1969. The award was declared on 31.01.1983. According to the Department and the Land Acquisition Collector and so stated in the counter affidavit on behalf of the original respondent nos. 1 & 2 before the High Court the possession of the disputed land in question along with the