( 1 ) THIS Letters Patent Appeal has been preferred against the judgment of a learned Single Judge of this Court dismissing a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution questioning the proceedings for the compulsory acquisition of the land measuring about 84 bighas and 11 biswas belonging to the writ petitionors. Shri Angrap Thakur and others, respondnts in the present appeal. Notification under section 4 of the Land acquisition Act (here after called the Act) was issued in January, 1915 and under section 6, in October, 1985. According to the notification under section 4, it appeared to the Governor of Panjab that land was likely to be required to be taken by Government at the the public expense for a pablic purpose, namely, for the construction of building and doing research work on vegetables" and in the notification under section 6, the Governor of Punjab was stated to be satisfied that the land in question was "needed by the Government at pablic expenses for a public purpose namely for the construction of buildings and doing research work on vegetables at Indian Agricultural Research Institute Vegetable Breeding Sub-station Katrain Kulu Valley) and