Supreme Court of India

R. Kolandaivelu & Ors. v. The Govt. of Tamil Nadu & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 16 S.C.R. 381
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.
Decided 11 December 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, we do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned order passed by the High Court and accordingly the appeal is dismissed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894: c s.11A - Object and legislative intent - Discussed. s. 11A - Award - Limitation - Land acquisition proceedings - s. 6 declaration issued on 23. 12. 1987 - Writ petition by land owners - Interim order - Stay for four weeks granted on 11.2.1988 - Order of stay of dispossession on _,... 3.7.1991-Award passed on 23.8.1993 - Writ petition finally L dismissed - Appeal on the ground that acquisition proceedings lapsed due to expiry of two years from date of publication of s.6 declaration - Held: Acquisition proceedings did not lapse and award was well within time - Two

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