Judgment

WANCHOO, J. : (On behalf of himself and P. B. Gajendragadkar, K. C. Das Gupta and N. Rajagopala Ayyangar JJ. :) This is an appeal on a certificate granted by the Allahabad High Court. The appellant is the owner of certain lands in village Nauraiya Khera. Out of those lands, 15.5 acres were requisitioned by the Defence Department of the Government of India and are still in their possession and we are not concerned with that. Besides that, the appellant has 9 acres of land which he had purchased many years ago with the idea of erecting a factory thereon. The appellant got information in May 1956 that steps were being taken to acquire his nine acres of land for an industrialist in Kanpur. He therefore wrote to the Collector of Kanpur in that connection. On June 25, 1956, however, a notification was issued under S.4 of the Land Acquisition Act. No. 1 of 1894 (hereinafter called the Act), stating that certain land which was specified as 11.664 acres in village Nauraiya Khera was required for a company for the construction of textile machinery parts factory by Lakshmi Ratan Engineering Works Limited, Kanpur (hereinafter called the Works). This was followed on July 5, 1956 by a no