Ashok Bhan, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of Civil Writ Petitions 2170, 1206, 1360 to 1363 of 1983, as basic facts and legal issues raised in these petitions are the same, which invite common determination and judgment.

2. Keeping in view the important questions of law raised in these petitions, a learned Single Judge of this Court on 30.5.1986 requested Honble the Chief Justice for placing them for decision before a larger Bench. After obtaining orders from Honble the Chief Justice, these cases have been placed before a Division Bench. Facts, as stated below, are taken from Civil Writ Petition 2170 of 1993.

3. Prayer made in this petition is for quashing of the notifications issued under sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) dated 8.6.1982 and 30.12.1982, respectively, for the land of the petitioners comprised in Hadbast No. 118 in the Tehsil and District Faridabad.

4. Gurdip Singh Arora, petitioner No. 2, a highly qualified Chemical Engineer with practical experience, set up a modern plant for the manufacture of defence equipment, chemical fertilizers, pharmaceutical and other industrial machinery in collaboration with