( 1 ) AS all these appeals involve the same question of law and similar facts, they are being disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) RELEVANT facts have been extracted from W. A. No. 506 of 1996 arising out of W. P. No. 8194 of 1987. The writ petitioner in that case had challenged the acquisition made by the State Government under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the 'act') insofar as it related to her property. Similarly, in other writ petitions the respondents herein had challenged the acquisition with respect to the lands belonging to them. One of the grounds urged by the writ petitioners was that the appellant-Society had acquired vast extent of land, which did not serve any public purpose and that the office bearers of the appellant-Society were making huge profits at the expense of the writ petitioners and others similarly situated. The lands, the subject-matter of the present litigation, had been acquired under the Act vide final notification issued on 21st of February, 1986. Such an acquisition was challenged in various writ petitions including W. P. Nos. 17775 and 17776 of 1982, wherein it was alleged that the lands had not been acquired for