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NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9422 OF 2016

[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 33354 OF 2015 ] DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY      Appellant(s)

                               VERSUS GREEN FINANCE PVT. LTD. & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9423 OF 2016

[@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 33634 OF 2015 ] WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9425 OF 2016 [@ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO. 8815 OF 2016 ]

J U D G M E N T KURIAN, J. 1. Leave granted.   2. The issue, in principle, is covered against the appellant by judgments in Civil Appeal No. 8477 of 2016 arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 8467  of  2015  and  Civil  Appeal  No.  5811  of  2015 arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 21545 of 2015.   3. These appeals are, accordingly, dismissed.   4. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of these cases, the appellant is given a period of one year to exercise its liberty granted under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land  Acquisition,  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement

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Act,  2013  for  initiation  of  the  acquisition proceedings afresh.   5. We  make  it  clear  that  in  case  no  fresh acquisition proceedings are initiated within the said period  of  one  year  from  today  by  issuing  a Notification  under  Section  11  of  the  Act,  the appellant,  if  in  possession,  shall  return  the physical possession of the land to the original land owner.   

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of. No costs.        

.......................J.               [ KURIAN JOSEPH ]  

.......................J.               [ ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN ]  New Delhi; September 20, 2016.