( 1 ) THE petitioner in this application has challenged the notification issued under Section 4 and the declaration made under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) in respect of certain plots of land specified in the notification and situated in the village Ukhilapaikpara, within the jurisdiction List No. 56, P. S. Sonarpur, 24-Parganas. In the notification it is stated that the said land is likely to be needed for a public purpose, viz. for Hind Boys Academy, and the acquisition would be partly at the public expense and partly with the expense of Ramkrishna Mission. The petitioner's residence named as "ananda Bhavan" covering C. S. Plots Nos. 317 to 329, 331, 338 to 346, 352 to 360, 1094 and 1095 and parts of C. S. Plot Nos. 312, 313, 316, 361 and 365 in Mouza Ukhilapaikpara within P. S. Sonarpore is included in the said notification dated 20th April, 1965, issued under Section 4 of the Act. The petitioner thereafter preferred an objection under Section 5-A of the Act contending inter alia that the purpose for which the acquisition is to be made is not a public purpose and that there are other suitable and convenient lands