https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307118 Where possession is validly taken under the urgency powers in Section 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the land vests absolutely in the Government and Section 11-A cannot be used to treat the acquisition as having lapsed. Non-payment of the eighty per cent estimated compensation required by Section 17(3-A) is a breach of statutory duty, but it does not undo vesting or invalidate possession already taken. Section 5 is confined to damage from entry and preliminary acts, so it does not support compensation for continued deprivation after acquisition. The appellants were entitled to a mandamus directing making and publication of the award. en-us Thu, 16 Sep 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307118 Where possession is validly taken under the urgency powers in Section 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the land vests absolutely in the Government and Section 11-A cannot be used to treat the acquisition as having lapsed. Non-payment of the eighty per cent estimated compensation required by Section 17(3-A) is a breach of statutory duty, but it does not undo vesting or invalidate possession already taken. Section 5 is confined to damage from entry and preliminary acts, so it does not support compensation for continued deprivation after acquisition. The appellants were entitled to a mandamus directing making and publication of the award. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Sep 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307118