Judgement

MITTER, J. (on behalf of Wanchoo, C. J., Bachawat J. and himself) :- This is a group of five Writ Petitions under Art. 32 of the Constitution challenging in four cases the validity of land acquisition proceeding started by a notification dated November 13, 1959 under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act and declarations contained in other notifications dated March 18, 1866 onwards under Section 6 of the said Act and for other incidental reliefs including the issue of appropriate writs for the purpose. Various persons have joined as petitioners in three of the applications. In Writ Petition No. 114 of 1966 the petitioners number 61. They all own lands in village Mandawali Fazilpur, on Patpur Gunj Road within the Union territory of Delhi, the notification of the declaration under Section 6 having been made on March 18, 1966. In Writ Petition No. 216 of 1966 there are 71 petitioners who also own lands in the same village. Their complaint is based on the same notification under Section 4 and a notification dated July 12, 1966 under Section 6 of the Act. In Writ Petition No.223 of 1966 the single petitioner is Pandit Lila Ram who owned lands in villages Masjid Moth, Raipur Khu