Supreme Court of India

May George v. Special Tahsildar & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 204
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 25 May 2010

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Land Acquisition Act, 1894: c ss. 4, 6, 11 and 18 - Acquisition for planned development of industrial town - Award made - Possession taken - Thereafter, one of the /and-owners filing writ petition challenging the award on the ground that notice u/s. 9(3) not served - Single Judge of High Court dismissing the petition 0 - Division Bench of High Court dismissing writ appeal, but giving liberty to the claimant to move application u!s. 18 - On appeal, held: Once award made and possession taken, land vested in the State and cannot be diversted even if some irregularity found in the acquisition

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