Tarun Chatterjee, J.

This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and/or order passed by a learned Judge of this court on 14th December, 1998 in Matter No. 352 of 1982. By the said order, the writ application was rejected in which the writ petitioner had challenged the acquisition proceeding being L.A. Case No. 1-D of 1981/82 including the notification under section 4 and declaration under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and the notice under section 9 of the Act and the two other notices dated 8th April, 1992 on the ground that the acquisition proceeding was malafide and made in colourable exercise of power conferred upon the Land Acquisition Collector and that there was no public purpose for which the premises No. 8/2, Gariahat Road including the land was sought to be acquired and also on the ground of delay in disposal of such proceeding. Before we take up the respective submissions of the learned Counsel for the parties, we may state briefly the facts leading to the filing of this appeal which are as follows :

The writ petitioner/appellant was a tenant in respect of a flat in Premises No. 8/2, Gariahat Road, Calcutt