N. M. MIABHOY, N. K. VAKIL, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition arises out of land acquisition proceedings acquiring lands and structures thereon falling within the line of alignment for the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad in Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad City. The sixteen petitioners claim to be the tenants of structures consisting of small shops and rooms. They are petty traders and artisans. Their case as put forward in the petition is that for the first time they came to know about the fact that the premises were being acquired under the Land Acquisition Act when they received notices dated the 3rd of June 1961 from the Taluka Magistrate under sec. 47 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter called (the Act) calling upon them to surrender possession on the 30th of June 1961. It is alleged inter alia that they then came to know that without publishing the necessary notifications under secs. 4 and 6 of the Act in the locality or affixing them on the premises the Land Acquisition Officer had passed and filed an award in respect of these premises on the 3rd of April 1961. No notices were served on them under sec. 9 or sec. 10 before making the said award though they were the occupiers and a

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