Judgment

DWIVEDI, J. :- These two appeals are filed against the judgment of the Mysore High Court dismissing the writ petitions of the appellants, Smt. Venkatamma and certain other persons are the appellants in Civil Appeal No. 1488 of 1968. U. L. Vishwanatha Rao and certain other persons are the appellants in Civil Appeal No. 1489 of 1968.

2. The dispute in the appeals relates to the acquisition of certain premises belonging to the appellants. Those premises have been acquired by the Board of Trustees for the improvement of the City of Mysore constituted under the City of Mysore Improvement Act, 1903, (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Pursuant to the acquisition, awards determining compensation were given in due course. The appellants filed writ petitions challenging the legality of the acquisition and awards and prayed for the quashing of the notification acquiring the premises and the awards. The High Court dismissed in toto the writ petition of Smt. Venkatamma and others. The writ petition of U. L. Vishwanatha Rao and others was partly allowed in respect of certain premises.

3. Section 14 (1) of the Act enables the Board of Trustees (hereinafter called the Board) to draw up sc