JUDGMENT

Tarun Chatterjee, J.—

1. Delay condoned.

2. Leave granted.

3. These appeals by special leave have arisen from a judgment dated 14th of December, 2006 of a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh passed in CWP No. 2479/2006 whereby the High Court had set aside the Notifications dated 11th of November, 2002 and 12th of November, 2003 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (in short ‘the Act’) respectively so far as the acquired lands of the claimant-respondents are concerned, subject to certain conditions to be fulfilled by them.

4. The facts in appeal arising out of S.L.P. No. 7099/2007 are sufficient to decide the questions of law that have arisen in these appeals. In that view of the matter, let us narrate the facts involved in SLP)No.7099 of 2007 in a nutshell and the decision of which will also govern the other Special Leave Petitions [Appeals].

5. On 15th of November, 2002, a notification under Section 4 of the Act was issued by the State Government of Haryana for the purpose of acquisition of lands situated in Village Khandsa, Tehsil and District Gurgaon for the purpose of development of a corporate complex fo