JUDGMENT :

MS Sonak, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. Rule in each of these Petitions. The rule is made returnable immediately at the request of and with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.

3. The learned counsel for the parties agree that substantially common issues of law and fact arise in these Petitions. Therefore, these petitions could be disposed of by a common order.

4. Initially, these Petitions were filed to obtain a declaration that the proceedings for the acquisition of the Petitioners’ lands have lapsed, given the provisions of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (“the said Act”). However, after the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Indore Development Authority Vs. Manoharlal and others, etc. , [ AIR 2020 SC 1496 ], the Petitions were amended, and the Petitioners have sought a direction in terms of Section 24(2) of the said Act for determination and payment of compensation under the said Act, instead of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1984, under which the acquisition proceedings had commenced. Mr. Pawar, the learned counsel