( 1 ) IN this writ petition, the petitioners have soughtthe quashing of acquisition proceedings in respect of a plot of land comprised inkhasra No. l8/8 measuring 1 Bigha and4biswas (1200 sq. yds. approx.) situatedwithin the revenue estate of village Badli in Delhi. In the alternative, it is prayedthat its possession be not disturbed till such time respondent No. 1 allots anddeliver an alternate site of an equally sized industrial plot in a regular industrialarea.

( 2 ) THROUGH notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Acton 24/10/1961, a very vast area was notified for being acquired by thegovernment at public expense for public purpose, namely, planned developmentof Delhi. It included the land in question also.

( 3 ) COLLECTOR, Land Acquisition of Delhi (Shahdara) on 30. 3. 1965 made hisaward. It is the petitioners case that a piece of land comprised in Khasra No. l8/8 measuring 1 Bigha 4 biswas has been in their occupation as a tenant which waslet out by its owner M/s Badli Cooperative Multi-purpose Society. At the time ofletting out there already existed three rooms and a verandah but later onimprovements were carried out by the petitioners and