https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176104 Unexplained delay and laches can justify of a belated writ challenge to land acquisition, especially where the land has already been developed for the public purpose and third-party rights have arisen. In an urgency acquisition under Section 17, possession taken through the usual revenue process and vesting of the land in the Government defeats the argument that the proceedings lapse for want of an award within two years; Section 11A does not apply once valid possession has been taken. The commentary states that a challenge based on symbolic possession was rejected on the facts, and the acquisition was treated as continuing validly. en-us Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176104 Unexplained delay and laches can justify of a belated writ challenge to land acquisition, especially where the land has already been developed for the public purpose and third-party rights have arisen. In an urgency acquisition under Section 17, possession taken through the usual revenue process and vesting of the land in the Government defeats the argument that the proceedings lapse for want of an award within two years; Section 11A does not apply once valid possession has been taken. The commentary states that a challenge based on symbolic possession was rejected on the facts, and the acquisition was treated as continuing validly. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176104