The petitioners shall file their objections against the preliminary numberification within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order and they shall file their objections against the preliminary numberification within 30 days from the date of receipt of this order and they shall present themselves before the Land Acquisition Officer 3rd respondent on 15.7.1988 without awaiting any fresh numberices from the said officer.
Notification under Section 4 1 of the Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 for shorts the Act acquiring total extent of 114 acres of land in Narayanpura Village in Bangalore Districts Karnataka was published for public purpose, viz.,
The Government, exercising the power under Section 17 4 , dispensed with the enquiry under Section 5A of the Act and the modification under Section 4 1 was accordingly published on January 22, 1987.
The appellants had challenged the exercise of emergency power under Section 17 4 by filing W.P. No.13316 20/1987 and batch in the High Court of Karnataka and the learned single Judge quashed the order of the Government dispensing with enquiry under Section 5A and directed as under In the result these petitions are partly allowed and the declaration dated 24.6.1987 published in the Gazette dated 6.8.1987 made under Section 6 2 of the Act read with Section 17 1 of the Act as also that portion of the Preliminary Notification under Section 4 1 of the Act dispensing with the enquiry under Section 5A of the Act in so far as the petitioners lands are companycerned and also the numberice under Section 9 1 of the Act dated 12.8.1987 are quashed reserving liberty for the authorities to companytinue the acquisition proceedings from the stage of preliminary numberification.
Thereafter, the declaration under Section 6 was published on June 24, 1987.
The Land Acquisition Officer shall hold the enquiry under Section 5A of the Act expeditiously and companyplete the proceedings in accordance with law.
The validity of this declaration was again questioned in present Writ Petition No.19245/89 and batch.
Thereafter, enquiry under Section 5A was companyducted and declaration thereof was published on May 13, 1989.
Defence Research Development Organization, Government of India.
Leave granted.
