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Land acquisition Act - Award passed -Award stands cancelled as possession not taken - stay not bars - New Act applies - Apex court held that there is no dispute that physical possession of the lands belonging to the appellants under consideration in these appeals has not been taken by the State or any other authority on its behalf and more than five years have elapsed since the making of the award dated 30.11.2006 and 01.01.2014 when the 2013 Act came into force. Therefore, the conditions mentioned in Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act are satisfied for allowing the plea of the appellants that the land acquisition proceedings must be deemed to have lapsed in terms of Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act. The appeals are disposed of accordingly. It goes without saying that the Government of Tamil Nadu shall be free, if it so chooses to initiate proceedings of such land acquisition afresh in accordance with the provisions of 2013 Act. In the facts and circumstances of the case there shall be no order as to costs.= CIVIL APPEAL NO.8700 OF 2013 Sree Balaji Nagar Residential Association …..Appellant Versus State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. …..Respondents = 2014 -Sept. Month - http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41900