ORDER :

Yogeshwar Dayal, J.

This is an appeal by Shri Ashwani Kumar Dhingra, Advocate, Fazilka, against the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dated 11th September, 1978 dismissing the Writ Petition (C.W.P. 3771 of 1978), filed by him. Before considering the submissions on behalf of the appellant, it would be necessary to know a few facts.

2. It appears that Sh. Sudhir Kumar Dhingra and his father, Shri Nand Lal Dhingra, advocate had earlier filed a Writ Petition (C.W. No. 3465 of 1973) against the State of Punjab for quashing Notifications dated 6th August, 1973 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. In this writ petition, the appellant herein was not a party. However, the learned single Judge of the High Court by judgment dated 19th November, 1976 accepted the writ petition and quashed the impugned Notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act dated 6th August, 1973. The learned single Judge in the said writ petition also directed that the petitioners in that writ petition would be entitled to take possession of the property on depositing compensation. The State of Punjab being dissatisfied filed Letters Patent Appeal ag