JUDGMENT

Banerjee, J.-These appeals for consideration before this Court are directed against a common judgment of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court containing an order of reversal in favour of the State of West Bengal, has a chequered career, but before taking a run up as to its career being chequered, a brief factual reference needs to be adverted at this juncture for appreciation of the contentions raised in the matter.

2. The appellant is a registered partnership firm said to be the Proprietor of Tea Estate known as Rohini Tea Estate which stands purchased by the appellant in 1960 in a public auction held by the Official Liquidator attached to the High Court at Calcutta. The Tea Estate admittedly, comprised of a total area of 5042.86 acres of land. Though the appellant is said to have spent a substantial amount of money but we are not inclined to go on to the details thereof, neither the verasity of the same need to be gone into by reason by the peculiar factual situation and the issues involved in the appeal.

3. On the factual score it appears that on 1st November, 1962, a notice under West Bengal Estate Acquisition Act, 1953 was issued intimating thereunder that l