P.C.Pandit, J.

1. These are two writ petitions (Nos. 1307 and 1313 of 1959) under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the validity of two press notes issued by the Central Government and one Memorandum issued by the Chief Settlement Commissioner, Ministry of Rehabilitation, New Delhi. This judgment will dispose of both the writ petitions as the learned counsel for the parties agree that though the facts in writ petition No. 1313 of 1959 are somewhat different from writ petition No. 1307 of 1959 but the questions for determination are the same and both of them can be disposed of by this judgment.

2. The petitioner in this case (Civil Writ No. 1307 of 1939) is a displaced person from West Punjab and has now settled at Jullundur. In lieu of his agricultural land within the corporation area of Lahore, the petitioner after his migration to India was given on lease 46 Kanals of evacuee agricultural land within the municipal area of Jullundur City. His lease was renewed from year to year and he has been in possession of this land ever since. In 1954 the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, No. 45 of 1954, was enacted to provide for the