SATHIADEV

The legal representative of the petitioner in W.P. No. 8086 of 1982 is the appellants, and the three respondents therein are the respondents herein.

2. The Writ Petition was filed to quash the notice issued on 7-6-1982 under Ss.9(3) and 10 of Land Acquisition Act in respect of the lands situated in R.S. Nos. 20/2, 20/3, 20/4 and 20/5 of an extent of 4.05 acres in Koilpattu Village. It is claimed that at no point of time prior to the impugned notice, there was any notice served on the owner of the land or any intimation given in any other manner by public announcement, etc. in the village. On 29-6-1982 the writ petitioner appeared before the third respondent and submitted that the lands should not (be?) acquired, and in spite of it, in or about first week of Aug., 1982, a notice under S.12(2) was served determining the compensation at Rs. 13,972.50. It was learnt that the acquisition was for providing house sites for Adi Dravidas. By invoking urgency provisions under S.17(4) of the Act valuable opportunity of putting forth the objections to S. 5-A enquiry. had been deprived unjustly and illegally in a kind of acquisition proceedings in which there could be no urg