( 1 ) I had the advantage of reading the judgment authored by my esteemed and learned brother Madan B. Lokur wherein the rudiments governing the law of acquisition have been exhaustively dealt with and applied to the facts and circumstances of the present case. It is neither necessary nor even expected of me to refer to the facts and/or the law applicable to the bunch of writ petitions dealt with in the said judgment at any length. Suffices it to say that in paragraph 7 of the judgment, 5 grounds on the basis of which the notifications in question have been challenged are noticed. As far as the first four contentions raised on behalf of the petitioners for impugning the notification are concerned, they have found no favour with the court and were rejected. For the reasons stated in this judgment by my learned brother as well as the reasons recorded by me in the judgment given in w. P. (C) No. 4789/1995, titled as Vasant Kunj Enclave Housing Society and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors. , I would respectively concur with the view taken and without any reservation reject these contentions raised on behalf of the petitioners.

( 2 ) IN relation to ground no. 5, with