ORDER

1. These writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India have been preferred claiming, in sum and substance, the following reliefs:

"I/- by an appropriate writ, order or direction, the impugned Notification dated 29.11.2019 (Annex. 1) issued by the District Collector and order dated 12.03.2020 (Annex. 7) passed by the SDO, Pipad Shehar, may kindly be quashed and set-aside.

II/- Pending the petition, if any order is passed or any action is taken against the petitioners prejudicial to their interest, the same may kindly be taken on record and may be quashed and set-aside.

III/- Any other appropriate order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court considers just and proper in the facts and circumstances of this case, may kindly be passed in favour of the petitioners.

IV/- Costs of the writ petition may kindly be awarded to the petitioners."

2. The sheet anchor of the present petitioners' case is initiation of the acquisition proceeding, in respect of certain lands situated, amongst others, in Pipar City, District Jodhpur, for the purpose of development of Bhavi-Pipar-Khivsar State Highway N0.86C. Such an exercise for acquisition of the land began with the notification dated