JUDGMENT :

T.Raja, J.

The appellant herein has brought this Writ Appeal against the impugned order dated 11.12.2015 passed in W.P.No.900 of 2015 in and by which the learned Single Judge while refusing the prayer for issuance of a Writ of Declaration to declare that the entire land acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in respect of the lands to an extent of 18 cents in Survey No.98/5 of Thiruvanmiyur Village duly notified by the 2nd respondent in the Award under Reference No.7/86 (RC.No.414/79) dated 23.09.1986 as lapsed in view of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013), dismissed the Writ Petition.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The land-in-question was originally acquired by issuing a Notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as, 'the Act'), on 17.07.1978. Subsequently, a Declaration under Section 6 of the Act was also issued on 06.08.1991. Thereafter, an award was also passed on 23.09.1986 in Award No.7/1986 and a compensation of Rs.40.95 p. had been deposited in a Civil Court under