JUDGMENT

H.L. Dattu, J. —

Leave granted.

2). This appeal, by special leave, is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 08.10.2010 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 61903 of 2010 whereby, the writ petition filed by the appellants challenging the acquisition of their land for construction of District Jail by invoking Sections 17(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) was dismissed.

3). The facts of the present appeal are as follows:-

The District Magistrate, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, had sent a proposal to the Principal Secretary, Home/Prisons Section 4, Government of U.P. for acquisition of land situated at Amroha- Naugawan Sadat Road for the construction of District Jail vide letter dated 24.01.2003. After the gap of 5 years, the Special Secretary, Prisons Administration and Reforms, Government of U.P., had requested the District Magistrate to find the available lands for acquisition, for the said purpose, in the proximity of the District Head Quarters vide letter dated 16.01.2008. Subsequently, the District Magistrate traced and informed the availability of such lands in village Dasi