( 1 ) THE petitioner claims to be the owner of the land measuring 4 acres 16 guntas in Sy. No. 30 of Nagarbhavi Village, having purchased the same under a registered sale deed dated 8-2-1943. The said land was proposed for acquisition under preliminary notification dated 16-1-1985 issued under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter called the 'act' ). This was followed by a final notification dated 5-3-1986 issued under Section 6 of the Act. These two notifications were challenged by the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 12566 of 1986 before this Court. This court dismissed the writ petition holding the notifications referred to above are valid in its order dated 20th February, 1991. Eight days after the disposal of the above said writ petition, the petitioner again filed the present writ petition on 28-2-1991 seeking for quashing of the award passed, determining the market value in respect of the land referred to above pursuant to the notifications which were impugned in the earlier writ petition. Subsequently, the petitioner made an application for amendment of the writ petition seeking for quashing of the notifications referred to above which w