Supreme Court of India

Mahadeo (d) through Lrs & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 539
Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 8 April 2013

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, there is no merit in these appeals which are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: s.48 - Resolution by Development Authority to withdraw c acquisition in respect of a part of the land acquired - Held: Once the land is acquired and mandatory requirements are complied with including possession having been taken, the land vests in the State Government free from all encumbrances - Merely because some land was left at the 0 relevant time, that does not give any right to the Authority to send proposal to the Government for release of the land in favour of the land owners. By Notification dated 27 .1.1990 issued u/s 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act,

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