Five new provisions were inserted twenty one sections were substan tially altered one section was substituted and another was omitted.
From the Judgment and Order dated 8.12.1988 Of the Kerala High Court in O.P. No.
Further proceeding in the acquisition matter was held up on account of a challenge before the High Court by way of a writ petition to the declaration.
The petitioner has companyceded that the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 was extended to the State when the Amending Act of 1984 was brought into force.
Declaration under s. 6 was published on 2.6.1981.
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On 14.8.1984, the writ petition Was dismissed.
S. Poti, M.M. Abdul Khader, R. Nambiar and N. Sudhaka ran for the Respondents.
The short point for companysideration in this appeal direct ed against the judgment of the Kerala High Court dated 8.12.1988 in a writ petition under Art.
226 of the Constitu tion is whether in the absence of a specific provision in Central Act 68 of 1984 amending the Land Acquisition Act, 1 of 1894, the acquisition proceedings taken under the Kerala Land Acquisition Act of 1961, Act 21 of 1962, can be companytin ued under the Land Acquisition Act of 1894.
3999 of 1989.
Viswanatha Iyer and S. Balakrishnan for the Appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA, J. Special leave granted.
1980 under s. 3 1 of the Kerala Act, companyre sponding to s. 4 1 of the Act of 1894.
The preliminary numberification of acquisition had been made on 6.5.
3771 of 1985.
