ORDER :

The petitioners involved in these batch of petitions seek patta for the plots that they have purchased, from the revenue authorities.

2. The short facts are that the property in relation to which, the petitioners seeks patta are comprised in S.Nos.284/1A, 373/2A, 373/2B, 374/2 and 375 of Nerkundram Village. They were notified for acquisition under Section 4(1) sometime in 1975 and an award too came to be passed on 10.01.1986. These facts are not disputed. Be that as it may, the predecessors-in-title of the petitioners, the land owners of these properties at that relevant time when the acquisition was notified, challenged the declaration issued under sec.6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in W.P.Nos.8370 & 8371 of 1986, on the ground that the enquiry as contemplated under Sec. 5A of the Act had not taken place. These petitions came to be allowed by this Court on 21.08.1988. It appears that despite this order, no subsequent enquiry under Sec. 5A was ever held. In this background, the land owners had approached this Court to quash the very notification under Section 4(1)