ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. These appeals are directed against judgment dated 6.10.2005 of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, whereby writ appeals tiled by the Appellants against order dated 9.3.2004 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 27205 of 2001 were dismissed.

3. For the sake of convenience, we have taken the facts from the appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 24972/2005.

4. By Notification dated 22.12.1984 issued u/s 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act'), the State Government proposed the acquisition of 165 acres. 30 gunthas land of Nagavara and other villages for the benefit of Respondent No. 1. The declaration u/s 6(1) of the Act was issued on 21.2.1986. Some of the landowners filed writ petitions for quashing the two notifications by contending that the acquisition was not for a public purpose and that the proceedings were vitiated due to arbitrariness and malafides. The writ petitions were allowed by the Division Bench of the High Court by detailed judgment titled Narayana Reddy v. State of Karnataka, ILR 1991 Karnataka 2248. In its judgment, the Division Bench considered the acquisition of land made in favor of seven housi