JUDGMENT - N.K. PAREKH, J.:---The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, who are the applicants, have taken out this Chamber Summons dt. 17th June, 1987 for being added as a party to this reference under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

2. The facts that give rise to this Chamber Summons are that the Special Land Acquisition Officer (I) issued notifications for acquisition of the land in question as the same was required for the benefit of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay. In pursuance of the notices served India Hume Pipes Company Limited, who are the owner of the land and claimants in this reference appeared before the Special Land Acquisition Officer and were duly heard. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, however, served no notice on the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, perhaps because they had no proprietary interest in the land in question. Nonetheless, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, the applicants appeared before him and made some submissions. The Special Land Acquisition Officer then proceeded to make an award dt. 23rd Sept, 1986. Being aggrieved by the award, Indian Hume Pipes Co. Ltd., the claimants, sought a reference. This reference h

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