THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.4774 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner of Acs.2.13 cents of land in R.S.No.456/1 of Kamavarapukota Village, West Godavari District. Through a notification, dated 27.10.2008, issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act (for short ‘the Act’), the Government acquired the same, for the purpose of providing house sites to the weaker sections. Declaration under Section 6 of the Act was also published on 24.12.2008. No award was passed so far. The petitioner prays for a declaration to the effect that the notification and declaration issued under Sections 4(1) and 6 of the Act are lapsed by operation of Section 11-A of the Act. Heard Sri Nimmagadda Satyanarayana, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. Section 11-A of the Act mandates that whenever land is acquired under the provisions of the Act, an award must be passed within two years from the date of publication of the notification under Section 6 of the Act, and on failure, the proceedings would lapse. A declaration under Section 6 of the Act was published in the instant case on 24.12.2008. An award was required to be passed by 23.12.2010. The writ petition was listed for admission on 28.02.2011. It was adjourned on that day, and on subsequent dates to enable the learned Government Pleader to ascertain as to whether any award was passed in respect of the lands of the petitioner. Today, it is reported that no award was passed. The unavoidable consequence is that the notification dated 27.10.2008 published under Section 4(1) as well as declaration dated 24.12.2008 published under Section 6 of the Act are lapsed by operation of Section 11-A of the Act. Hence, the writ petition is allowed as prayed for. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.11.03.2011. GJ