https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169635 Prolonged, unexplained delay in land acquisition after a Section 6 declaration was held inconsistent with the statutory duty to complete acquisition within a reasonable time and with the requirement to pay market value. The acquisition was not quashed because possession had been taken, public projects had proceeded, and third-party interests had intervened, but the landholders were granted additional compensation in lieu of setting aside the proceedings. Section 11-A was held not to validate earlier inaction and was treated as inapplicable where the awards had already been made before the amendment came into force. en-us Thu, 30 Sep 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:19:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169635 Prolonged, unexplained delay in land acquisition after a Section 6 declaration was held inconsistent with the statutory duty to complete acquisition within a reasonable time and with the requirement to pay market value. The acquisition was not quashed because possession had been taken, public projects had proceeded, and third-party interests had intervened, but the landholders were granted additional compensation in lieu of setting aside the proceedings. Section 11-A was held not to validate earlier inaction and was treated as inapplicable where the awards had already been made before the amendment came into force. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Sep 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169635