THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2667 of 2006 Dated:25.03.2011 Between: N.Madhavi. ...Petitioner And The Collector, Ranga Reddy District, And another. ...Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.2667 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner statedly is owner of land admeasuring Ac.1.00 in survey No.90/1 (part) situated at Gachibowli Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. She got it under a Will dated 20.01.1998. The land was proposed to be acquired for public purpose, to wit, for improvement of road junction at Gachibowli on Hyderabad- Lingampally road in KM 8/7. The same was followed by a declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (the Act), dated 27.12.2005 duly dispensing with enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act in exercise of powers under Section 17(4) of the Act. The petitioner’s case is that the name of the petitioner was not mentioned in the notification under Section 4(1) of the Act or the declaration under Section 6 of the Act. It is also her case that the entire proceedings lapsed as no further steps were taken under the Act. Counsel for the petitioner raised the only plea that no award was passed within a period of two years from the date of declaration. This is not seriously disputed. As mandated by the law under Section 11-A of the Act when an award is not passed within a period of two years from the date of publication of the declaration, the land acquisition proceedings would lapse. In this case also by reason of the fact that no award has been passed even after lapse of half a decade, it must be held that the land acquisition proceedings have lapsed. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the above observations. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 25.03.2011 vs