law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  25.
  
     Land acquisition process under Act No. 1 of 1894 shall be deemed
  
  to have lapsed in certain cases.
  1.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in this Act, in any case of land acquisition proceedings
  
  initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894,-
  a.      where no award under
  
  section 11 of the said Land Acquisition Act has been made, then, all provisions
  
  of this Act relating to the determination of compensation, rehabilitation and
  
  resettlement shall apply; or
  b.     where an award under
  
  said section 11 has been made, then such proceedings shall continue under the
  
  provisions of the said Land Acquisition Act, as if the said Act has not been
  
  repealed.
  2.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), in case of land acquisition proceedings
  
  initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where an award under the said
  
  section 11 has been made five years or more prior to the commencement of this
  
  Act but the physical possession of the land has not been taken or the
  
  compensation has not been paid the said proceedings shall be deemed to have
  
  lapsed and the appropriate Government, if it so chooses, shall initiate the
  
  proceedings of such land acquisition afresh in accordance with the provisions
  
  of this Act:
  Provided that where
  
  an award has been made and compensation in respect of a majority of land
  
  holdings has not been accepted, then, all beneficiaries specified in the
  
  notification for acquisition under section 4 of the said Land Acquisition Act,
  
  shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the provisions of this
  
  Act.