Akil Abdul Hamid Kureshi, J.

1. The petitioner has prayed for quashing and setting aside impugned notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ('the Act' for short) dated 11.03.1999 and 21.06.2000 respectively.

2. Brief facts are as under:

"The petitioner is a co-operative housing society duly registered under the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act and consists of 38 members. The society had purchased land bearing Survey Nos. 187, 188 and of Village Motera, Taluka and District: Gandhinagar under a registered sale deed dated 29.05.1998. The land is situated in the outskirts of city of Ahmedabad."

3. The Government desired to set up an engineering college and, therefore, required certain private lands for such purpose in addition to the Government kharaba lands identified at the said location. To acquire sufficient lands for such purpose, notification under Section 4 of the Act was issued on 04.08.1998. However, this notification did not include the land of the petitioner-society. However, subsequently, further notification dated 11.03.1999 was issued under Section 4 of the Act covering the land of the petitioner-society also.

4. After issuance of notif