The petitioners claim to be the owners of plot Nos. 1496 R.S. Khatian No. 172, Hal Khatian No. 117 Mouza Taltore, J.L. No. 69 Bolpore, District Birbhum (referred to as the plot). The petitioners father Gopalji Prasad Bhakat had purchased the plot by Registered Deed of Conveyance on 28.10.88. Gopalji has since died. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are his children and the petitioner No.4. his widow. The petitioners challenge the requisition and acquisition of the plot which the respondents have sought to effect under the West Bengal Requisition and Acquisition Ace, 1948 (referred to as the Act).

2. The plot bas been sought to be re4uisitioned at, the instance of the Srinlketan Santiniketan Development Authority (SSDA) which was constituted under s. 11 of the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 on 14th December, 1989.

3. On 6th August 1991 a proposal for requisition and acquisition of 56.06 acres of land in Mouza Taltore had been submitted by the SSDA with the approval of Development of Planning (Town and Country Planning) Department, Government of West Bengal to the Land Acquisition Collector, Birbhum, for development of a modern township. The requis