JUDGMENT

B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, J.—These appeals are preferred against the judgment of the Full Bench of the Rajasthan High Court allowing a batch of 16 special appeals. The special appeals were preferred against the judgment of a learned Single Judge dismissing a batch of 24 writ petitions. The result of the judgment of the Full Bench is that the notification issued by the Government of Rajasthan under Section 4(1) of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953 proposing to acquire a large extent of land stands quashed.

2. The notification under Section 4(1) of the Rajasthan Act, published in the Rajasthan Gazette dated January 13, 1982, proposed to acquire a total extent of 2570 bighas (approximately equal to 1580 crores) for the benefit of the Rajasthan Housing Board. On February 9, 1982, another notification was issued under Section 17(4) of the said Act dispensing with the provisions of Section 5-A. On the same day, a declaration under Section 6 was also issued in respect of the said area. According to the Government, the possession of the land was also taken on May 24 and 25, 1982. The validity of the said notifications was questioned in the batch of writ petitions (being S.B. Civil