1. BY judgment appealed against, Ajit kumar Sengupta,. J. has disposed of an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filled by the writ petitioner respondent no. 1, Bamandas Mukherjee by directing the respondents of the said application to proceed with the acquisition under the Land Acquisition act, 1894 (Act I of 1894) of Premises No. 25a, Ram Kanto Bose Street, calcutta only after complying with the dicontained in his. judgment as regards providing alternative accommodation to the writ petitioner who was a tenant of the said premises No. 25a, Ram Kanto bose Street, Calcutta.

2. IN those, two appeals preferred respectively by the State of west Bengal and the Principal, Maharani Kashiswari College for Girls', at whose instance the acquisition proceeding had been started, the principal point is whether in exercise of its writ, jurisdiction this court can issue a mandate directing the State Government to provide alternative accommodation to an occupant of a premises before acquiring the same under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. There is no provision in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for giving such alternative accommodation to person or persons who are to