( 1 ) IN this group of special civil applications the petitioners challenge the notifications issued under secs. 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) acquiring their lands for the extension of village site urgently under sec. 17 (4) of the Act by dispensing with the inquiry under sec. 5a of the Act. In Special Civil Application Nos. 1603 and 1604 of 1967 the lands that are sought to be acquired are respectively S. Nos. 11 and 14 situated in village Kholeshwar Taluka Kamrej District Surat. In these petitions the notifications under secs. 4 and 6 of the Act were issued on January 24 1967 and October 6 1967 respectively. In Special Civil Application No. 864 of 1967 the lands that are sought to be acquired are S. Nos. 925 950 954 and 953 situated in village Ichchhapore Taluka Chorasi District Surat. The notifications under secs. 4 and 6 of the Act were issued on February 16 1967 and May 30 1967 respectively. In all these petitions the lands are sought to be acquired to accommodate the flood stricken residents of the respective villages. The acquisition notifications are challenged in the petitions on various grounds but at the time of