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Agrawal, JJ said that under Section 127 of MRTP Act, a notice must be issued by the land owner or any person interested in the land to the authority if no acquisition has been initiated on the land acquired from the owner within ten years from the date on which final development plan has come into force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p ><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p >In the case which was represented by Jayant Bhushan and Shekhar Naphade, the court further held that after service of the notice a mandatory period of six months has to elapse within which time the authority can still initiate the necessary action. If no acquisition is initiated even after this then only the lapse of reservation can take place.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p >If there is no such notice by the owner or any person, then there is no question of the reservation, allotment or designation of the land under a development plan of having lapsed. So, then there is no question of the land becoming available to the owner for the purpose of development or otherwise.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p >In the present case, the notice under Section 127 of MRTP Act by the appellants was issued only two years after the final revised plan under Section 38 of MRTP Act had come into operation and not the period prescribed from the publication of the final development plan notified under Section 21 of MRTP Act.&nbsp;<span><font size=\"1\">Prafulla C. Dave v. 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