R.S.Narula, J.

1. The facts giving rise to this Letters Patent Appeal again\st the judgment of a learned Single Judge of this Court dismissing the writ petition of the appellants and upholding the impugned order of acquisition of their land are as follows:-

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2 Nine Biswas of the disputed land situate within the municipal area of Morinda, tahsil and district Ropar, came to be owned by Raja Ram appellant No. 1 as a result of a decree in a partition suit to which his sons, appellants Nos. 2 and 3 were parties. Copies of the judgment and decree of the Civil Court are Annexures A and B to the writ petition respectively. Notification, dated December 17, 1968, published in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 17, 1968, at page 1025 (Annexure D to the writ petition), was issued under Section 4 read with Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act (1 of 1894) (hereinafter called the Act). The notification related to fifteen different pieces of land out of which the land in dispute comprised in Khasra No. 3759 was mentioned at item No. 2. The body of the notification which was Issued during the Presidents rule in Punjab was in the following terms:-

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"Where as it