S. H. SHETH, S. L. TALATI, J.

( 1 ) ALL these petitions are directed against the land acquisition proceedings. Notification under sec. 4 of the Land Acquisition Act was issued on 16th June 1972 and was published in Gujarat Government Gazette on 13th July 1972. It was in respect of four survey numbers with their sub divisions. Therefore as many as five petitions have been filed challenging that notification. Thereafter on 11th of April 1974 Town Planning Scheme in respect of the area in question was finalized and notices to the parties were issued under the Bombay Town Planning Act. On 11th July 1975 declaration under sec. 6 of the Land Acquisition Act was issued and it was published in Gujarat Government Gazettes Extraordinary on the same day. On 15th October 1979 an addendum to the declaration under sec. 6 was issued and it was published on 27th December 1979 The addendum was issued because the survey numbers in respect of which the impugned acquisition proceedings were instituted had become a part of the Town Planning Scheme and had come to bear final plots numbers. By the addendum therefore in addition to the description of the land in terms of their survey numbers description of

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