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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3538 OF 2023

(Arising out of SLP (C) No. 9911/2023)

(@ D. No. 27993/2020)

HARYANA INDUSTRIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION (HSIIDC) & ORS.

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

MAHABIR SINGH Respondent(s)

O R D E R

1.

Delay condoned.

2.

Leave granted.

3.

Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment

and order dated 04.12.2007 passed by the High Court of Punjab &

Haryana at Chandigarh passed in CWP No. 9673 of 2015, by which the

High Court has declared that the acquisition with respect to the

land in question is deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of

the

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter

referred to as “the 2013 Act”) on the respondent-original writ

petitioner returning the amount of compensation already received,

the Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation

(HSIIDC) & Others have preferred the present Appeal.

4.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants has

vehemently submi