( 1 ) THESE appeals are preferred by the State of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Housing Board and others against the judgment of the Madras High Court allowing a batch of writ petitions and quashing three notifications issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The three notifications concerned herein are the notifications dated 8/05/197 5/08/1975 and 19/02/1975. The writ petitions have been allowed relying mainly upon the earlier decision of that Court in State of Tamil Nadu v. A. Mohammad Yousef, (1990) 2 Mad LJ 149 (which has since been affirmed by this Court in State of Tamil Nadu v. A. Mohammed Yousef, (1991) 4 SCC 224 : (1992 AIR SCW 1674) and the decision of this Court in Munshi Singh v. Union of India, (1973) 1 SCR 937 : (AIR 1973 SC 1150 ).

( 2 ) THE first and the main ground assigned by the High Court for quashing the said notifications is that the public purpose stated therein is vague and that on the date of issuance of the said notifications, there was not existing any final and effective scheme prepared under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu State Housing Board Act. Two other grounds assigned by the High Court in support to its decision are (i) that there