SCA/10369/2018

Judgment text excerpt

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/10369/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35589-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10369 of 2018 ========================================================== LEGAL HEIRS OF POPAT PACHA KANTARIA VALJI POPAT KANTARIA & ORS. Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR SP KOTIA(5687) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,10,11,12,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 MR SANJAY UDHWANI, AGP ADVANCE COPY SERVED TO GOVERNMENT PLEADER/PP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2, 3 MR DEVANG NANAVATI, SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH MR VANDAN BAXI WITH MR AARSH BRAHBHATT, ADVOCATE NANAVATI & NANAVATI(1933) for the Respondent(s) No. 4 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 11/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. The present petition is pending since the year 2018. The petitioner herein seeks quashing of the land acquisition proceedings culminated with the award dated 03.09.1998 on the premise of the same having been lapsed in view of the provisions of Section-24(2) of the Right of the Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. It seems that the present petition has been entertained alongwith the group of Page 1 of 4 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:18:06 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/10369/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35589-DB matters with the leading writ petition namely Special Civil Application No.154 of 2018. 2. The present petition has been filed by 12 petitioners with the reliefs as under :- "11[A] YOUR LORDSHIPS may be pleased to admit th