In Brief
Hemraj Chandrakar and another appellant challenged land acquisition proceedings by filing a writ petition before the High Court of Chhattisgarh. The Single Judge dismissed it on grounds of delay and laches. The Division Bench upheld this dismissal, observing there were no averments about land possession. However, the Supreme Court found specific averments about possession were made in the writ petition's prescribed columns, interim relief application, and appeal memorandum—findings that escaped the Division Bench's attention. The Court allowed the appeal, set aside the impugned judgment, and remanded the case to the Division Bench for fresh consideration of all grounds including maintainability, uninfluenced by its observations.
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