SCA/13589/2018

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/13589/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36748-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13589 of 2018 ========================================================== MAQSOOD ALI AKBAR ALI PATHAN & ANR. Versus STATE OF GUJARAT THROUGH THE SECRETARY & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR ZUBIN F BHARDA(159) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2 MS HETAL PATEL, ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 15/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. The petitioners herein are subsequent purchasers of the land-in-question which was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and with respect to which the award dated 22.10.1973 was passed by the Special Land Acquisition Officer concerned. 2. It is the case of the petitioners in this writ petition filed in the year 2018 that the entire land acquisition proceedings stood lapsed by virtue of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Page 1 of 6 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:13:51 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/13589/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36748-DB Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013, inasmuch as, the physical possession of the land-in-question had not been taken from the original owners from whom the petitioners had purchased the land-in-question by the registered sale-deeds dated 25.09.1995 and 16.11.2000, which were registered in the Office of the said Registrar concerned. 3. It is the case of the petitioners tha