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1. The instant petition has been filed claiming that the acquisition proceedings carried out vide the notifications issued under Section 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 dated 05.10.2005 and 06.10.2006 respectively; followed by the award dated 17.10.2008, thereby acquiring the land for a public purpose, namely for the development of Sectors 59 and 60 (residential) Sonipat in the revenue estate of villages Nangal Kalan, Aterna and Sersa, Tehsil and District Sonepat; qua the land of the petitioners has lapsed in view of the provisions of Section 24 (2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 (for short, `the Act of 2013').

4. As per the case put forth by the petitioners, they own agricultural land measuring 13 Kanal 17 Marla comprised in Khasra No. 68//1/1 (0-9), 10/2 (3-6), 11/1 (6-4) and 20/1 (3-18) in Village Nangal Kalan, Tehsil Rai and District Sonepat. The State Government on 05.10.2005 issued notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 for acquiring the land measuring 7080 Kanal 3 Marla in villages Nangal Kalan, Aterna and Sersa, District Sonepat for the public purpose namely, development of Sectors 59 and 60 (residential), Sonepat. The said notification also included the land in question. Pursuant to the same, the State Government issued declaration under Section 6 of the Act of 1894 for acquiring the land measuring 6597 Kanal in Village Nangal Kalan, Aterna and Sersa, District Sonepat. As averred in the petition a major portion of area was released from the acquisition proceedings before issuance of declaration under Section 6 of the Act of 1894. Thereafter, the State Government issued a notification under Section 48 of the Act of 1894 thereby withdrawing the acquisition proceedings qua the land 4 of 16 measuring 5230 Kanal 14 Marla and ultimately, award was announced only for an area measuring 849 Kanal 11 Marla in village Nangal Kalan. As per the petitioners, the majority of land i.e 5713 Kanal 17 Marla stands released from the acquisition proceedings and major portion of released area forms part of TDI City at Kundli.