R.INDIRA SARATCHANDRA vs STATE OF T.NADU .

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the acquisition of land lapsed due to the non-passing of an award within the two-year period specified in Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court held that the Division Bench of the High Court erred in its interpretation, affirming that the award must be passed within the stipulated time frame, and thus the acquisition was deemed to have lapsed. The Court emphasized that the law established in Padma Sundara Rao v. State of Tamil Nadu is applicable in this case, as the acquisition proceedings had not become final at the time of the writ petition.