1. A fresh report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred praying for the issuance of an appropriate order and/or direction and/or writ, particularly in the nature of Mandamus, commanding the concerned respondents to pay compensation to the petitioners for the rents acquired and utilized by the respondents in terms of the relevant provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘2013 Act’).

3. Briefly stated, the essential facts that led to the institution of the present writ petition are that sometime in the year 1970, a proceeding under the West Bengal Land Acquisition (Regulation and Acquisition) Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as ’Act II of 1948’) was initiated with the objective of fulfilling a project, namely, the Charial Basin Drainage Scheme within Mouza –

Sankharipota, South 24-Parganas