Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 4 (1) read with Section 17 (1) and (4) and Section 5A

Land Acquisition Act, 1894— Section 4 (1) read with Section 17 (1) and (4) and Section 5A—Time gap of more than five years between initiation of the proposal for establishment of the sub-station and the issue of notification under Section 4 (1) read with Section 17 (1) and (4) of the Act—Effect—Held, such delay will have material bearing on the question of invocation of urgency power, particularly, when no material is produced by the appropriate Government to justify elimination of the inquiry envisaged under Section 5A—Anand Singh v. State of UP (2010) 11 SCC 242, relied. 

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