In the year 1999 substantial lands were sought to be acquired for establishment of an Ordinance Factory at Rajgir in the district of Nalanda. All the petitioners of these four writ petitions belong to one family with excerption of the last writ application where the petitioners are purchasers from the said family. Section 4 notification, dispensing with the objection under section 5-A in terms of section 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, was issued in the year 2000, initiating District Land Acquisition (DLA) Nalanda Case No. 07 of 2000. Nevertheless, the petitioners filed their objections. This was followed by notification under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act in the year 2000 itself. Possession was taken and the lands vested in the State and in due course were handed over to the Ordinance Factory, which is a Government of India Undertaking.

2. When it came to making of Award or for that matter paying 80% compensation as was required to be paid before possession was taken, an enquiry was ordered and initiated with regard to claim of the petitioners, in which a report (Annexure 7) was submitted. In the said enquiry report, the Additional Collector looked into all document