SHAKUNTALA YADAV vs STATE OF HARYANA .

The Supreme Court held that the rejection of the appellants' request for release of land under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was improper, as the High Powered Committee failed to adequately consider the appellants' claim of non-dispossession. The Court emphasized that possession must be clearly established and that the appellants had not been dispossessed from their land, thus the decision of the High Court was set aside. The Court directed further examination of the facts regarding possession of the land in question.