U.P.STATE INDUST.DEVELOPMENT CORP. vs CHHIDDA SINGH . — SLP(C) No. 13764/2011

Case Summary: U.P. STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. CHHIDDA SINGH & ORS. Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the special leave petitions filed by U.P. State Industrial Development Corporation. The Court upheld the High Court's order quashing the land acquisition proceedings. Key Finding: The Court found that physical possession of the respondent's land was never actually taken despite the Corporation's contrary claims. Since possession was not taken and the award was passed 17 years after the Section 4 notification and 14+ years after the Section 6 declaration, the acquisition violated Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court also ruled that urgency provisions under Section 17 could not validly justify this acquisition for planned industrial development. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.