JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioners in terms of the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). Further, direction has been sought for a decision on the representation dated December 31, 2020 filed by the petitioners seeking the aforesaid claim. Reference has been made to two sale-deeds (Annexures-2 and 3) in which the landowners therein were granted compensation four times to the circle rate.

2. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that in view of the Government Order dated March 19, 2015, the petitioners are entitled to receive compensation on the principles as laid down in the Act and the same have even been followed by the State in the cases of other landowners whose sale-deeds were registered on July 7, 2017 (Annexure-3) and December 2, 2020 (Annexure-2). He did not dispute the fact that the sale-deeds in the case of the petitioners were registered way back in the year 2013 on different dates, much prior to the issuance of the Governme