INDIRA BAHUGUNA AND ORS vs LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 04.03.2025 W.P.(C) 3905/2017 INDIRA BAHUGUNA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr Praveen Suri, Advocate. Versus LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr Siddharth Panda with Mr Ritank and Mr Anil Pandey, Advocates for R1 to R3. Ms Manika Tripathy, Standing Counsel with Mr Ashutosh Kaushik, Advocates for DDA. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA VIBHU BAKHRU, J (Oral) 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying that the acquisition of the land described as land comprising in Khasra nos. 990(4-16) and 930 (2-5) situated in the Revenue Estate of Village Satbari, Tehsil, Saket, New Delhi [subject land] be declared as lapsed by virtue of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 [2013 Act]. 2. The notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 [LA Act] in respect of certain lands including the subject land was published on 25.11.1980. This was followed by a declaration under Section 6 of the LA Act which was issued on 27.05.1985. The award being Award