By Ext.P3 notification dated 15.03.2012, 0.22 Ares of
property in Sy.No.210 of Ulloor Village was sought to be
acquired. Notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition
Act was issued on 16.04.2013. Award was passed on
16.05.2015, which has been produced as Ext.R6(a).
2. The main contention of the petitioner is that
in view of the law declared by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in
Executive Engineer, Gosikhurd Project Ambadi,
Bhandara, Maharashtra Vidarbha Irrigation
Development Corporation v. Mahesh and Others [2021
KHC 6688], the limitation period for passing/making of an
award under Section 25 of the 2013 Act would commence from
01.01.2014. Awards passed under Clause (a) to Section 24(1)
would be valid if made within twelve months from 01.01.2014.
However, in the instant case, the award was passed only on
16.05.2015, after the lapse of more than twelve months from
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01.01.2014. The learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore,
submitted that the award and the proceedings for acquisition
of the petitioner’s property should be treated as lapsed. The
Hon’ble Supreme Court held as follows in the above judgment.