In Brief
The Land and Building Department challenged an order relating to land acquisition compensation. The respondent property owners argued that the Department failed to take possession or pay compensation within the statutory five-year window under the LARR Act, 2013. The Department claimed interim orders in adjacent acquisition cases prevented compliance. The Supreme Court held that since no stay order applied to the respondent's specific case, the interim orders elsewhere were irrelevant. The Department had no legal impediment to performing its statutory obligations. The appeal was dismissed for lack of merit.
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