( 1 ) THERE seven writ petitions concern the validity of an acquisition proceeding in which a land situate in Marain Timmasagar, in Hbli, to the extent if a little more than four acres, was proposed to be acquised under a preliminary notification published under section 4 of the Land Acquistion act in June 7, 1956, its supplemented by a final notification published on October 12, 1956, and amended by yet another notification published in June 30, 198. The award in those Acquistion proceedings was made on March 21, 1961. On March 22, 1961, the City Survey Officer issued a notice to the petitioners before us, calling upon them to deliver possession of the acquired land to the State Transport Department on April 25, 1961. In there application which were pretended to this Court on April 20, 1961. We are asked to restrain the City Survey Officer and Tahslider, hebli, from taking delivery of possession of the acquired property, and to quash the award made by the Collector, on March 21, 1961.

( 2 ) WE shall first protend to consider the challenge made to the award. The ground in which the award is assailed is that although tpeters were all lessees of the acquired proper