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M. DHANDAPANI
Periathambi – Appellant
Versus
Collector, Cuddalore – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying this Court to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records and quash Award No.3/1999 dated 20.12.1999 passed by the 3rd respondent as being arbitrary, unconstitutional, malicious, illegal, null and void and consequently direct respondents to return/reconvey the property measuring 6 acres in S. No.183/2 in Kayalpattu Village, Cuddalore Taluk, Cuddalore District to the petitioners.)
Common Order
1. By the present petitions, acquisition pertaining to the year 1998-1999 is being put in issue on the ground that the relevant provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, have not been followed, resultantly the acquisition is bad in law and, therefore, the award should be quashed and the lands should be reconveyed back to the petitioners, as the said lands have not been utilized, for the purpose for which it was acquired till date.
2. It is the case of the petitioners that they are agriculturists and their lands were sought to be acquired for the purpose of Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Ltd. A large extent running to hundreds of acres were notified to be acquired by the respondents for
The satisfaction of either taking possession or payment of compensation would prevent the lapse of acquisition proceedings under Section 24(2) of the Act, 2013. Stale and dead claims relating to conc....
Once land is acquired for a public purpose and compensation is paid, the landowner has no right to the property, and delay in utilizing the land for the specified purpose does not invalidate the acqu....
Once possession is taken and an award is passed, challenges to land acquisition proceedings are not maintainable, and remedies for compensation must be sought through reference proceedings.
Subsequent purchasers cannot challenge land acquisition proceedings initiated after the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, as such transactions are void.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that under Section 24(2) of the Fair Compensation Act, the acquisition proceedings would lapse if the possession of the land was not taken and comp....
The court emphasized that the acquisition for an industrial area could benefit a single company, and that delay in passing an award cannot be solely attributed to the authorities if the records were ....
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