JUDGMENT :

SURYA KANT, J.

1. These appeals are preferred by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) against the main judgment dated 05.01.2017 rendered in Writ C. No. 36231/2015 (in Civil Appeal No. 8048 of 2019, titled NOIDA v. Darshan lal Bohra & Ors.), passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (hereinafter, ‘High Court’), whereby the land acquisition proceedings initiated at NOIDA’s behest have been annulled by quashing the declaration dated 14.01.2015 issued under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter, ‘1894 Act’).

A. FACTS

2. Given the broad similarity in all the connected matters, the factual matrix can be understood from the details of the lead matter, i.e., Civil Appeal No. 8048 of 2019, titled NOIDA v. Darshan Lal Bohra & Ors.

3. A notification under Section 4(1) of the 1894 Act was issued for the acquisition of land measuring 83.761 hectares situated in Village Badoli Banger, Tehsil Dadri, District Gautam Budh Nagar (hereinafter, ‘Acquired Land’). The acquisition was intended for the “Planned Industrial Development in Gautam Budh Nagar” by NOIDA. The notification was published in the State Gazette on 28.09.2013 and in the daily newspa