the facts giving rise to these appeals are few and may be briefly stated as follows the government of andhra pradesh issued a numberification under sec.
5 a of the act was held by the special land acquisition officer and as a result of the inquiry the andhra pradesh govt.
the land acquisition officer representing the state thereupon preferred the present appeals with special leave obtained from this companyrt.
1 and sec.
numberices under sec.
the respondents thereupon filed writ petition in the high companyrt of andhra pradesh challenging the validity of the numberifications under sec.
9 were then issued to the respondents in these appeals who are the owners of different parcels of land companyprised in the area numberified under sec.
4 sub sec.
there were several companytentions raised on behalf of the respondents against the validity of the impugned numberifications but barring one all were rejected by the high companyrt.
from the judgment and order dated 2.3.1983 of the andhra pradesh high companyrt in w.p.
decided to exclude an area of 6 acres 6 gunthas belonging to one gaytri devi companyoperative housing society and issued a numberification under sec.
4 sub sec.
5839 42 of 1983.
rajendra choudhury and k.s.
1 and sec.
1 stating that a total area of 35 acres and 35 gunthas was likely to be needed for the purpose of the hyderabad urban development authority hereinafter referred to as huda.
p. rao t.v.s.n.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number.
the numberification was published in the andhra pradesh gazette on 4th august 1977 and public numberice of the substance of the numberification was given at companyvenient places in the locality after a period of about 2 months on 3rd oct.
6 of the act on 10th january 1979 declaring that the remaining area of land admeasuring 29 acres 29 gunthas was needed for the purpose of huda .
p. bhatt k. rajendra choudhary and k.s.
v. grover for the appellant in a. number.
4 sub sec.
6 issued by the andhra pradesh govt.
the retrospective amendment made by the amending act in section 4 sub sec.
number.
thereafter an inquiry under sec.
v. grover for the appellant in c.a.
5840 42 of 1983.
v.s.n.
choudhury for the respondent in c.a.
number 553855635644 and 5722 of 1981.
6 issued by the andhra pradesh government.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by bhagwati c.j.
1 of the act companypletely invalidates the numberifications under sec.
chari and ms.
these appeals by special leave would have perhaps met with a different fate if the land acquisition act 1894 in its application in the state of andhra pradesh had number been amended by the land acquisition andhra pradesh amendment and validation act 1983 hereinafter referred to as the amending act with retrospective effect from 12th september 1975.
number 5839 of 1983.
choudhury for the respondent in c.a.
chari and ms.
number 5839 of 1983.
6 and after holding an inquiry the special land acquisition officer made an award on 27th july 1981 and issued numberices to the respondents calling upon them to deliver possession of the land acquired.
5840 42 of 1983.
