SCA/2024/2018

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/2024/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35585-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2024 of 2018 ========================================================== JANKIDAS HANSDAS KILAVAT & ORS. Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR VEDANT RAJGURU, ADVOCATE FOR MR AJ YAGNIK(1372) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 MS HETAL PATEL, AGP ADVANCE COPY SERVED TO GOVERNMENT PLEADER/PP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR DEVANG NANAVATI, SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH MR VANDAN BAXI WITH MR AARSH BRAHBHATT, ADVOCATE NANAVATI & NANAVATI(1933) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ========================================================== 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 has been filed by the petitioners with the reliefs as under :- "10[A] Be pleased to hold and declare that acquisition of land of the petitioner farmers of Village Padva Taluka Ghogha District Bhavnagar pursuant to passing of awards under Section 11(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 annexed to the present petition at ANNEXURE-A has lapsed in view of Section 24(2) r/w Section 114 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Page 1 of 4 Uploaded by A. B. VAGHELA(HC01079) on Tue Jun 16 2026 Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 20:59:09 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/2024/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35585-DB [B] Be pleased to permanently restrain respondents, their agents and servants from taking physical possession of the land of the petitioner farmers of Vil