( 1 ) THIS writ petition has been filed in the year 1991. Petitioners seek a writ directing the respondents to initiate Land acquisition Proceedings afresh by publication of requisite Notifications and Declarations, so that an award is made in terms of the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the Act ) with respect to the land in Survey No. 171 Mazi Survey No. 37 in Thokatta Village. This relief is claimed on the following assertions:

( 2 ) THAT the petitioners are cousins and their mothers, who were sisters in between themselves, were daughters of one late rustomji Jamshedji Chenoy. Petitioners contend that Begumpet Aerodrome was constructed by erstwhile Government of nizam. The expansion of the Aerodrome was carried in or about November, 1947, and for that purpose land was acquired in phases. In November, 1947, a notification was published under the Hyderabad Land acquisition Act. In the said publication, survey numbers of the land, sought to be acquired, were published, but the boundaries of the land proposed to be acquired were not described. Draft notification was published in the Gazette No. 39 dated 7th Sherawar 1356 Fasli and Draft Declarat