M/S GCG TRANSGLOBAL HOUSING PROJECT PVT LTD vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.03.2025 + W.P.(C) 250/2018, CM No.1059/2018, 36153/2018 & 21810/2019 M/S GCG TRANSGLOBAL HOUSING PROJECT PVT LTD .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS …..Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Manish Kumar & Ms. Aparajita Jha, Advocates. For the Respondents : Mr. Naushad Ahmed Khan & Ms. Supriya Malik, Advocates for LAC. Ms. Aakanksha Kaul & Ms. Rhea Borkotoky, Advocates for DDA. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT VIBHU BAKHRU, J 1. The petitioner – a company registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 – has filed the above captioned petition claiming ownership of the land admeasuring 15 acres situated in the revenue estate of Village Bamnauli, Near Bijwasan, in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, New Delhi bearing khasra Nos. (Old/New, with land measurements) as 350 (28/1) 4-16, 351 (28/10) 4-16, 352 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RAM KUMAR W.P.(C) No.250/2018 Page 1 of 43 Signing Date:06.03.2025 20:10:28 (28/09) 4-16, 353 (28/02) 4-16, 331 (29/25) 2-19, 347 (29/15) 4-16, 346 (29/16) 2-00, 346 (26/16) 2-16, 348 (29/06) 4-16, 322 (29/7) 4-16, 323 (29/14) 4-16, 330 (29/17) 0-07, 330 (29/17) 5-17, 321 (29/8) 1-00, 324 (29/13) 1-00, 329 (29/18) 1-00, 354 (28/3) 4-16, 355 & 356 (28/8) 4-16, 358 (28/7) 4-13 and 359/1 (28/4) 3-06 (hereafter the subject land). 2. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying that the acquisition of the subject land be declared as lapsed by virtue of the Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (hereafter the 2013 Act). F ACTUAL C ONTEXT 3. The petiti