Section 24 of LARR Act, 2013 : Section 24: Land Acquisition Process Under Act No 1 Of 1984 Shall Be Deemed To Have Lapsed In Certain Cases

Explanation using Example

Imagine a government authority initiated a land acquisition process in 2010 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to build a new highway. The award under section 11 was made in 2011, but due to various legal challenges and injunctions, the physical possession of the land has not been taken nor has the compensation been paid to the landowners even by 2016.

Under Section 24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, this acquisition process would be deemed to have lapsed because the award was made more than five years ago, and neither possession nor compensation has occurred. The government would then have the option to initiate a fresh land acquisition process under the new 2013 Act, which could provide the landowners with compensation as per the updated provisions of this Act.

In this scenario, if the acquisition was taking place in Maharashtra and the government had deposited the compensation in court due to the landowners' refusal to receive it, the period during which the compensation was lying deposited would be excluded from the computation of the five-year period as per the Maharashtra state amendment to Section 24.