VIBHU BAKHRU, J.

1. The petitioners have filed the present petition, inter alia, praying for a declaration that the acquisition proceedings in respect of the subject lands admeasuring 1 bigha comprising in Khasra Nos.731 of Village Tuglakabad, Delhi bearing Property No.107A and 107B respectively be deemed to have lapsed by virtue of the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereafter the 2013 Act).

2. The present petition was allowed by an order dated 08.12.2017, inter alia, following the decision of the Supreme Court in Pune Municipal Corporation and Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki and Ors.: (2014) 3 SCC 183. The Court held that the acquisition had lapsed by virtue of Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act as it was not disputed that the possession of the subject land had not been taken over by the Land Acquisition Collector (LAC).

3. The aforesaid order dated 08.12.2017, was set aside by an order dated 20.10.2021 passed by the Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition No.166581/2021 and the above captioned petition was restored before this Court for consideration afresh in view of the subsequent