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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) NO.17311/2016)
DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Appellant(s)
VERSUS DAYANAND AND ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. The impugned order dated 05.10.2015 passed by the
High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, whereby the Writ Petition
No.940/2015 filed by the respondents herein was allowed, is
under challenge before this Court.
3. Having heard the learned counsel for the appellant-
DDA and the learned counsel for the respondents and
carefully perusing the material placed on record, it
appears that the High Court had declared the acquisition
proceedings in question as lapsed in view of Section 24(2)
of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
However, it is not disputed by the learned counsels for the
parties that in view of the later decision in the case of
“Indore Development Authority vs. Manoharlal And Ors. Etc.”
Reported in (2020) 8 SCC 129, the matter is required to be
remitted to the High Court for fresh consideration.
4. In that view of the matter, the impugned order passed
by the High Court is set aside and the matter is remitted
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to the High Court for fresh consideration in the light of
the Judgment in the case of Indore Development ...