( 1 ) THE petitioner herein has challenged under Art. 226 of the Constitution notifications under secs. 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act. The petitioner is the owner of agricultural land bearing survey No. 20 (paiki) admeasuring 4 Acres 26 Gunthas situated at village Sankari in Bardoli Taluka of Surat District. His land is part of survey No. 20/2. A portion of the said land admeasuring about one acre is waste and uncultivable and the remaining portion of the land is cultivable. The land is perennially irrigated and is watered by irrigation canal supplying water from Kakarapar Water Bund Scheme. The petitioners and his family members are cultivating the land personally. Sugarcane is the main crop grown in the land and the income derived by cultivation of this land is the main source of income of the petitioner and his family members. It is the petitioners case that as far back as May 1 1968 a notification under sec. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act was issued stating that the land of the petitioner was likely to be needed for the construction of houses of Halpatis under the Halpati Housing Scheme. The petitioner opposed this proposed acquisition inter alia on the grou