( 1 ) BY this writ petition, filed almost two decades ago, the petitioner, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, seeks an appropriate writ, quashing: (i) declaration bearing No. F. No. 1 (52)/63 Landh dated 30 January 1964 issued under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ( for short the Act ), insofar as it relates to Khasra No. 230, in the area of Mauza Bahapur, Tehsil and District Delhi; (ii) letter/order dated 17 August 1984, intimating the petitioner that their request for the grant of exemption under section 20 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short the ULCRA ) in respect of the said land had been rejected as the land stands notified under Section 6 of the Act and (iii) directing the respondents to denotify the said khasra from the notification under Section 6 of the Act. A direction is also sought to the respondents to grant exemption under Section 20 of the ULCRA.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY stated, the facts, giving rise to the present writ petition, are as follows: the petitioner obtained from one Delhi-Shimla Catholic Archdiocese, New Delhi, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, a lease of the