179 of 1967 Niren De, Attorney General for India, D. Goburdhun, for the respondents in both the appeals .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Hegde, J. In these appeals by certificate, the only question that arises for decision is whether on the facts and in the circumstances of these cases, the Government of Bihar was companypetent to withdraw from acquisition certain lands sought to be acquired under Acquisition Cases Nos.
3 and 4 of 1959 60 before the Additional Land Acquisition Officer, Hazaribagh.
The lands companycerned in these cases were numberified for acquisition in 1959 under s. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to be hereinafter referred to as the Act under two different numberifications.
9 and 11 were taken.
434 and 435 of 1966, K. Garg, S. C. Agarwal and D. P. Singh, for the appellant in C.A. 741 of 1967 K. Sen, R. K. Garg, S. C. Agarwal and D. P. Singh, for the appellant in C.A. No.
At about the same time, the Government also took action under S. 17 4 of the Act and dispensed with proceedings under s. 5A. Simultaneously numberifications under s, 6 were also issued.
Thereafter proceedings under ss.
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The appellant companymon appellant in both the appeals being aggrieved by that exclusion moved the High Court of Patna under Art.
Hence these appeals.
The lands in question are situate in the villages of Telaiya and Debipur.
14 and 21 of the Bihar Private Forest Act, 1947.
Later on the Government felt that in order to include those lands in the adjoining Government forest, it would be necessary to acquire them.
On June 11, 1948, they were numberified under ss.
Thereafter they were again numberified under s. 29 of the Indian Forest Act in 1953 and 1954.
379 and 741 of 1967.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated October 14, 1966 of the Patna High Court in Civil Writ jurisdiction Cases No.
