Judgment

K. RAMASWAMY, J.- Leave granted.

2. Notification under Section 4 of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act 24 of 1953 (for short the Act) was published in the State Gazette on 13-5-1960 acquiring large tracts of land including the land in Khata Nos. 261, 263-267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 520 and 521 situated in Bhojpura Village which is now part of Jaipur City for planned development. Declaration under Section 6 was published on 11-5-1961. Following the procedure, an award was made on 9-1-1964. Possession was taken on 6-4-1971 and was handed over to the Jaipur Urban Development Authority on the same day under a duly drawn panchnama. Thus the title in the property of Bhurelal, the original owner was divested and stood vested in the Jaipur Urban Development Authority free from all encumbrances. Bansidhar Aggarwal and his partner Surajmal purchased the lands from the Khatedar Bhurelal who in turn sold on 28-2-1970 to Apollo Cooperative Housing Society. A writ petition was filed by Surajmal questioning the acquisition. The Single Judge by his judgment dated 31-3-1971 dismissed the writ petition which was confirmed in appeal on 12-4-1973, reported in Surajmal v. State of Rajasthan {AIR 19