I.S.TIWANA, J.

1. The petitioners impugn the notifications issued by the State Government under Ss.4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, the Act) on May 2, 1980 and June 22, 1982 (Annexures-P.1 and P.2, respectively) inter alia on the ground that the non-completion of the acquisition proceedings for more than two years subsequent to the issuance of the latter notification is well indicative of the fact that the notification were the result of colourable exercise of power under the Act and were issued only with a view to peg down the price of the suit land to the date of the first notification. The learned Judges of the Motion Bench noticing that in different judgments of this Court similar notifications had been quashed in the light of the varied extent of the delay in completing the acquisition proceedings in those cases, directed this petition to be heard by a Full Bench. That is how the case is before us now.

2. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties we find it wholly unnecessary to go into the matter any further in view of the conceded position that the acquiring authorities have taken possession of the suit land in terms of S.16 of the Act and