JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Appeal No.1204 of 2022 filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order dated 13.12.2021 passed by the learned Single Judge, in W.P.No.28331 of 2014 on the file of this Court.)

Common Judgment:

Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ.

1. The Writ Appeals have been preferred to challenge the judgment dated 13.12.2021, by which a batch of Writ Petitions to challenge the acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and even in reference to Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013), was dismissed.

2. The learned counsel for the appellants submitted that the Notification under Section 4(1) of the Act of 1894 was issued on 04.12.1990 and the Declaration under Section of the Act of 1894 was issued on 27.07.1992, followed by the Award, dated 26.08.1994. The said Award lapsed as per the provisions of the Act of 1894 and Section 24(2) of the Act of 2013. However, it is in fact admitted by the learned counsel for the appellants that the Writ Petitioners purchased the lands after entering into the agreement in the year 2010, i.e., much subsequent to the Noti