( 1 ) BHASKARAN, C. J. :-The Brief facts :- pursuant to a notification under S. 4 (1) and a simultaneous declaration under S. 6 of the Land Acquisition Act ( the Act ) dispensing with enquiry under S. 5-A invoking S. 17 (4), 4. 03 acres of land belonging to the appellant-petitioner was sought to be acquired for a public purpose, to wit, for providing house-sites for the weaker Sections, like the Kuruvas. The appellant s writ petition was one for the issue of a writ of mandamus declaring the notification under S. 4 and declaration under S. 6 relating to the acquisition of the said 4. 03 acres as illegal and unconstitutional, and for other incidental reliefs. The learned single Judge disposed of the writ petition setting aside the declaration under S. 6 of the Act, and directing the first respondent, the District Collector, to conduct an enquiry under S. 5-A of the Act after giving due notice and opportunity of being heard to the petitioner as well as the beneficiaries, who got themselves impleaded in the writ petition. The contention that the proceedings were bad on account of the substance of the notification not having been published according to law was found against the writ pet

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