The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has initiated the process to re‑acquire 123 disputed land parcels in South Delhi following recent clarity provided by the Supreme Court of India on land acquisition laws under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCT LARR) Act, 2013. This move comes after decades of legal challenges on land originally acquired for planned urban development.
According to the DDA notice, landowners had contested several acquisitions dating back to the 1980s. With the Supreme Court’s recent direction on how disputed cases should be resolved, the authority is now proceeding with re‑acquisition where permitted by law. The notice lists village‑wise details of the disputed land parcels, covering key South Delhi areas such as Palam, Lado Sarai, Mehrauli, Najafgarh, Jasola, Neb Sarai, Chattarpur, Satbari, Tughlakabad, Pitampura, Naraina, Karala and Begumpur.
The DDA also reviewed 25 related cases but decided not to re‑acquire them after internal evaluation. Citizens and potential buyers are being explicitly advised not to buy, sell, or transact in these disputed parcels, as they remain under legal acquisition proceedings and are temporarily part of DDA’s land inventory.
This development comes amid broader real estate activity in and around the national capital. In Delhi, the DDA has recently launched the second phase of its Towering Heights housing project in Karkardooma, which has drawn strong homebuyer interest with nearly 1,500 bids for its residential units, underscoring robust demand for organised housing options in the city.
In the wider Delhi‑NCR market, residential launches jumped by around 39% in the last quarter of 2025, driven by infrastructure improvements and connectivity linkages across growth corridors including Gurugram and Noida.
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