JUDGMENT :

(Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.)

1. Heard Sri Shiv Kant Mishra, holding brief of Sri Sanjay Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Rajiv Gupta, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and Sri Nipun Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.4.

2. The petitioner has prayed for quashing of the award dated 27.02.2024 passed by Additional District Magistrate (Land Acquisition), Agra in respect of Khasra Nos. 109/1, area 0.2910 hectare, 109/2, area 0.6450 hectare, 70M, area 0.0890 hectare, 72, area 0.2150 hectare, 74, area 0.1900 hectare, 67, area 0.1900 hectare, 68, area 0.0510 hectare, 69, area 0.4170 hectare, 70M, area 0.5560 hectare, 71, area 0.3920 hectare situated at Village Bhood, Tehsil and District Bulandshahr and for a further direction to the said authority to prepare a fresh award treating 'relevant date' with reference to which market value is to be determined as 01.01.2014, i.e. the date of enforcement of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for short ‘the New Act, 2013’).

3. The petitioner, indisputably, was bhumidhar with transferable rights of the afores