1. - All these five writ petitions relate to the acquisition of land in village Bharda Tehsil Chittorghargh for which notifications under Section 4 & 6 of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act were issued by the State Government, which have been challenged by the petitioners by filing these five separate petitions and therefore 1 propose to dispose them of by one judgment, On 4-3-1966, the State Government issued a notification under Section 4 of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act. Another notification purporting to be under Section 6 of the Act was thereafter issued by the State Government and the same was published in the Rajasthan Rajpatra dated 5th May, 1966. Thereafter notices to the individual Khatedars of the land were issued under Section 9 of the Act for assessing the compensation. It is alleged that the petitioners had filed their claims before the Land Acquisition Officer but no substantial proceedings could be taken by the said officer. The notices under Section 9 of the Act were, however, issued on 6.6.68 and the claims were filed by the petitioners on 29.8.68. When the proceedings were going on before the Land, Acquisition Officer for determining the compensatio