JUDGMENT

1. The appellants-petitioners herein have approached this Court through this intra court appeal for assailing the order dated 27.04.2021 passed by the learned Single Bench dismissing the S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.1507/2021 filed by the appellants and repelling the challenge made to the notification dated 29.11.2019 (Annexure-1 to the writ petition) issued by the District Collector, Jodhpur for acquisition of land including that of the petitioners and the order dated 12.03.2020 (Annexure-7 to the writ petition) passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Pipar City, whereby the objections submitted by the petitioners against the proposed acquisition of their lands (for the purposes of construction of State Highway) were rejected.

2. For the purpose of ready reference, Section 15 of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 2013') is reproduced herein below:-

"15. Hearing of objections.-(1) Any person interested in any land which has been notified under sub-section (1) of section 11, as being required or likely to be required for a public purpose, may within sixty days from the date of the publication of the preliminary