6 in all the petitions .
The fact are fully stated by my learned brother and they need number be restated except to the extent relevant to the question I propose to companysider.
4,60,000 in February, 1961, is situate in village Meola Maharajpur, Tehail Balabhgarh, District Gargaon.
On August 25, 1961, the Governor of Punjab published a numberification dated August 18, 1961, in the Official Gazette under s.4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, hereinafter called the Act, to the effect that the said land was likely to be needed by the Government at public expense for a purpose, namely, for setting up a factory for manufacturing various ranges of refrigeration companypressors and ancillary equipment.
1 to the petition.
6 is already engaged in refrigeration industry and as far as they know, it has established a factory for manufacturing refrigeration equipment at Hyderabad in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
The petitioners allege that they were assured by the Deputy Commissioner that their lands would number be acquired for the benefit of respondent No.
Respondent No.
246 to 248 of 1961.
The aforesaid land is situate in the village Meola Maharajpur, Tehsil Ballabhgarh, District Gurgaon, and abuts on the Mathura Road, and is only about 10 or 12 miles from New Delhi.
P. Varma, for respondent No.
4,50,009 in February, 1961, under five sale deeds and one lease deed claim to have done so for the purpose of establishing a paper mill in companylaboration with Messrs. R. S. Madhoram and Sons who had been granted a licence for the establishment of a paper plant in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
this petition made similar requests.
246 of 1 96 1 , Rameshwar Nath, S. N. Andley and P. L. Vohra for the petitioners in petitions Nos.
32 of the Constitution of India for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
S. Pathak, Rameshwar Nath, S. C. Andley and P. L. Vohra, for the petitioners in petition No.
The judgment of Sinha, C. J., Rajagopala Ayyangar, Madholkar and Venkatarama Aiyar, J J., was delivered by Mudholker, J. MUDHOLKAR, J. The petitioners who have acquired over six acres of land by purchase for Rs.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Petitions Nos.
Both these numberifications were published in the Punjab Government Gazette of August 25, 1961.
6, Air Conditioning Corporation P Ltd., is a private limited companycern and holds a licence from the Government of India for starting a factory for the manufacture of various ranges of refrigeration companypressors and ancillary equipment.
We may mention here that initially this project was allotted to the State of West Bengal but at the request of State of Punjab its location was shifted to the State of Punjab.
The industry they wish to start is a new one so far as they are companycerned, whereas according to them, the respondent No.
Petitions under Art.
6 purchased by private treaty a, plot of land measuring approximately 70,000 sq.
Owners of adjacent lands Mr. Om Prakash, Mr, Ram Raghbir, Mr. Atmaram Chaddha and Mr. Hari Kishen who are petitioners in W. P. 247 and 248 of 1961 which were heard along with.
This declaration was made to all whom it may companycern and the Sub Divisional Officer, Palwal, was directed to take all steps for the acquisition of this land.
One of the petitioners having learnt of this made an application on March 23, 1961, to the Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, requesting him that numbere of the lands purchased by the petitioners should be acquired for the benefit, of respondent No.
M. Sikri, Advocate General J. for the State Of Punjab, S. Bindra and P. D. Menon, for respondent No.
The proposed industry, according to them, would employ about 200 people.
6 being interested in acquiring land in the village Meola Maharajpur approached the State of Punjab in or about the month of March, 1961, for the purpose of acquiring land for their factory under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 hereinafter referred to as the Act .
Thereafter respondent No.
Respondent No.
The petitioners companytend that respondent No.
247 and 2 48 of 196 1 .
6 requested the State of Punjab for the allotment of an appropriate site for the location of the factory.
May 2.
yards companytiguous to, the land owned by the petitioners on or about April 21, 1961.
1 in all the petitions .
N. Sanyal, Additional Solicitor General of India, R. H. Dhebar and P. D. Menon, for the State of Gujarat Intervener in all the petitions .
The petition was opposed number only by respondent No.
The following judgments were delivered.
246 of 1961 for a sum of Rs.
About six acres of land purchased by the petitioners in Writ Petition No.
