GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH ITS SECRETARY LAND AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ORS Vs. ANUP SINGH AND ORS

Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)

Appeal (Civil), 5548 of 2017, Judgment Date: Apr 20, 2017

                                                              NON-REPORTABLE
                        IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                        CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5548 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38280 OF 2016 ]

GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH ITS SECRETARY
LAND AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ORS.                          Appellant(s)

                                VERSUS

ANUP SINGH AND ORS.                         Respondent(s)

                                    WITH

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5549 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38289 OF 2016 ]

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5550 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38302 OF 2016 ]

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5551 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38362 OF 2016 ]

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5552 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38363 OF 2016 ]

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5553 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38365 OF 2016 ]

                        CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5554 OF 2017
             [ @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 38372 OF 2016 ]


                               J U D G M E N T
KURIAN, J.
1.    Leave granted.

2.    These are the cases of the original owners  where  neither  possession
has been taken nor compensation has been paid to the respondents.

3.    It is also brought to the notice of the court that there was  no  stay
operating, which  prevented  the  appellant(s)  from  taking  possession  or
paying compensation to the respondents.

4.    Neither having been done within  five  years,  as  contemplated  under
Section 24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, we find no merit  in
these appeals, which are, accordingly, dismissed.
      No costs.
                                                   .......................J.
                                                           [ KURIAN JOSEPH ]


                                                   .......................J.
                                                            [ R. BANUMATHI ]

      New Delhi;
      April 20, 2017.