JUDGMENT :

Tashi Rabstan, J.

1. Petitioners through the medium of this writ petition are seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing Notification No.AC/LA/573-76 dated 01.09.2017 issued by the Assistant Commissioner (Rev), Collector Land Acquisition, Rajouri – respondent No.3 herein, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act 1990 (Svt) and also the record of Notification No.AC/LA/1299-1302 dated 02.03.2018 issued by the Assistant Commissioner (Rev), Collector Land Acquisition, Rajouri under Sections 9 & 9A of the Land Acquisition Act.

2. The facts-in-brief, as averred in the writ petition, are that the petitioners are owners of agricultural land measuring 75 kanals, 17 marlas and 06 sarsai comprising under Khasra Nos.29, 30, 33, 42, 43, 44, 57, 58, 59 and 88 situate in Village Muradpur, Tehsil & District Rajouri, which is the main source of their livelihood and their families. It is averred that some of the petitioners are refugees from Pak Occupied Area of the State since 1947 and they have been allotted land in this village for their survival. It is also averred that some of the petitioners have also constructed residential houses on the said land. Further, it is av