Judgment

JASWANT SINGH, J.:- These three Appeals Nos. 1870 of 1970, 1871 of 1970 and 1445 of 1971 by certificate granted by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad under Article 133 (1) (b) and (c) of the Constitution of India against its common judgment and order dated April 25, 1969 shall be disposed of by this judgment.

2. The facts giving rise to these appeals are: On May 20, 1961, the Government of Gujarat issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) declaring that certain pieces of land in village Vasana, Taluka City, District Ahmedabad specified in Schedule thereto were likely to be needed for a public purpose viz. for construction of houses for members of Yogeshwarnagar Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Ahmedabad. On June 18, 1962, respondent No. 1 in Civil Appeal No. 1445 of 1971, owners of some pieces of the aforesaid land filed Special Civil Application No. 564 of 1962 in the High Court of Gujarat under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the validity of the aforesaid notification dated May 20, 1961 made under Section 4 of the Act and seeking to restrain the Government from proceeding further with t