Akil Abdul Hamid Kureshi, J.

1. This petition is filed by Shri Pushpendrasingh Ranjitsingh Vaghela, whose father was Thakor of Pindarda State, which was a part of original Gayakwad's State and comprised of several villages, whose lands are now part of periphery of capital city of Gandhinagar. The petition concerns agricultural lands of five Revenue Survey Nos. 62/64, 62/67, 62/92, 62/135 and 62 paikee of Village Borij, Taluka & District Gandhinagar.

2. Originally, when the petition was filed the prayers made by the petitioner were for setting aside the impugned order dated 31.12.2004 (at Annexure-A to the petition) passed by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Gandhinagar, rejecting the request of the petitioner for paying compensation for such lands acquired by the Government. Petitioner had also prayed for a direction to the respondents to immediately pay the compensation to the petitioner for such lands. During the pendency of the petition, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (the Act of 2013) was enacted. The petition was therefore amended and an additional prayer was made for declaration that