JUDGMENT

1. The petitioners in W.P.No.11551/2019 are before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:

a. To declare that the acquisition proceedings as per the preliminary notification and final notification dtd. 20/5/2002 and 2/8/2003 respectively vide Annexures-A and B deemed to have been lapsed under sec. 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for being not made an award within stipulated period of 2 years from the date of Order of Learned Single Judge, as per the law laid down by Constitution Bench in 2010(2) SCC 533 at para 11 and further to hold that the acquisition deemed to have been lapsed even otherwise under the new Act, under Sec.24(1)(a) read with sec.25 of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 as no award under the new Act has been passed within 12 months by initiating fresh acquisition proceedings under the new act upon commencement of the new act; and

b. Without prejudice to their right, further declare that acquisition proceedings under Sec.24 and 25 of the Central Act 2013 being not passed any award within two years or otherwise, within one year under Act 2013, according to law, there is no