( 1 ) APPEALLANT No. 1 is the mother and appellants Nos. 2 to 6 are her sons. They question the correctness of the order passed by the learned single Judge rejecting Writ Petition No. 2697/ 87, and also the legality of acquisition of their land admeasuring 2 acres and 19 guntas out of Survey No. 31 / 2a of Belligere Village in Bangalore South Taluk.

( 2 ) IN order to provide house sites to homeless persons belonging to weaker sections of the Society the State Government decided to acquire the said land and Sy. No. 31 / 1b and in exercise of its power under Section 3 (1) of the Karnataka Acquisition of Lands for Grant of House Sites Act, 1972, (hereinafter referred to as the Act), issued a Notification dated 15-6-1982 in that behalf. The notices dated 13-7-1982 calling upon the appellants to show cause why their land should not be acquired were served upon them on 19-6-1984. They filed objections on 18-7-1984. The final notification under Section 3 (4) of the Act was issued on 5-2-1987. Earlier, on 16-12-1986, the Government had dropped from acquisition Sy. No. 31 / 1 B as it found that there was no necessity to acquire that land.

( 3 ) BEFORE the learned single Judge,