The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking employment in lieu of land acquired nearly three decades ago, holding that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 does not provide for any such right and that payment of compensation fully satisfies the State's obligation.

A Bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B Varale was hearing a special leave petition filed by an individual whose family land had been acquired in 1998 under the Land Acquisition Act. The petitioner, who was not even born at the time of acquisition, had in 2025 sought appointment in government service on compassionate grounds, claiming it as a right flowing from the acquisition.

Rejecting the plea, the Court observed that the family had already received compensation as per law, and the Act envisages no p

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