1. In the newly created. District Headquarter at Shopian, for construction of Mini Secretariat, land was required to be acquired. In this connection indenting department (Revenue) through Chief Planning Officer, Shopian (hereinafter referred as CPO) vide letter dated 14.8.2007 addressed to Collector Land Acquisition (Assistant Commissioner, Revenue) Shopian forwarded the indent for acquisition of land measuring 55 kanals and 11 marlas situated at village Gagran Shopian. Same was notified in terms of Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"). Subsequently one more indent was sent by the said CPO for acquiring additional land measuring 34 kanals 14 malras as is clear from the letter dated 29.9.2007 addressed to Collector, consequently one more notification under Section 4(1) of the Act under the head corrigendum has been issued by the Collector on 4.10.2007. Objections seem to have been filed by the land owners. In the meantime said CPO vide his letter dated 3.11.2007 addressed to the Collector conveyed that in view of the decision taken on spot on 25.10.2007, the identified land measuring 47-50 kanals situated at Batapora Shopian Bye-pass Road be a

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