These petitions are heard and disposed of by this common order as the legal issues canvassed are common to the petitions.

Re. WP 24113/2012

The facts as stated are as follows. The petitioner is said to be a member of a joint Hindu family. And he is the owner of land bearing Survey No.40/2, measuring 1 acre and 7 guntas of Lingapura village, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore Urban District. The petitioner is said to have acquired the same under a sale deed dated 1.8.2007. It is claimed to be well developed garden land and is close to the gramatana limits.

It transpires that the subject lands and other lands in the vicinity were notified for acquisition under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Hereinafter referred to as the ‘LA Act, for brevity) and a preliminary notification under Section 4(1) of the LA Act, dated 26.7.2010, was said to have been issued. The petitioner and his family members are said to have filed objections under Section 5 A of the LA Act, seeking that the lands be exempted from the acquisition. However, a final declaration is said to have been issued on 28.1.2012. It is the case of the petitioner that though several lands which are similarly situated have b