Petitioners have assailed preliminary notification dated 01/12/2009 bearing No. CI 392 SPQ 2009 (Annexure-C) issued by the first respondent and declaration and final notification dated 19/04/2012 bearing No. CI 558 SPQ 2011 (Annexure-F) also issued by the first respondent in so far as lands bearing Sy.Nos.83/P4, 82/1P1, 82/1P2, 84/1P, 85/2 situated at Mahajenahalli Village, Harihara Taluk, Davanagere District (hereinafter referred to as ‘lands in question’ for the sake of convenience).

2. It is the case of petitioner Nos.1 to 4 that they are owners of their respective lands and are agriculturists depending upon income derived from agricultural operations in respect of the lands owned by them. At this stage itself it may be noted that petitioner No.5 sought for withdrawal of his writ petition and by order dated 27/04/2017, this Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. That the respondents under the provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to the ‘KIAD Act’ for the sake of brevity) sought to declare certain areas including the lands in question as an industrial area and to acquire the lands for allotment for industrial purp