$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.04.2024 + W.P.(C) 1460/2016 RAJINDER SINGH & ANR ..... Petitioners Through: Mr S.K. Rout, Mr Aman Mehrotra, Mr Ganesh Singh, Mr Rahul Kumar, Mr Rahul Chauhan, Ms Shruti Rathore and Mr Saranjeet Singh, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS ..... Respondents Through: Ms Astha Tyagi, Advocate for L&B/LAC.

Ms Manika Tripathy, Standing Counsel for DDA with Mr Ashutosh Kaushik, Mr Naveen K. Sarswat and Mr Rony John, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU 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).

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2. The present petition was allowed by an order dated 08.12.2017, inter alia, following the decision o