1. Mani Ram , petitioner through the present writ petition has challenged the land acquisition proceedings initiated by notifications under Sections 4 and 6 (annexures C and D respectively) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 , (hereinafter referred to as the Act, primarily on two grounds (1) that the substance of the notification under Section 4 of the Act had not been published as required by sub-section (1) thereof, and (2) that although he as a tenant and occupier on the part of the land acquired through the said notification was entitled to be served with a notice under Section 9 (3) of the Act yet no such notice was served on him and that failure to serve such a notice on him rendered the subsequent land acquisition proceedings invalid.

2. While on behalf of the State it has been conceded that the petitioner is a tenant on part of the land acquired and that he had not been served with a notice under Section 9 (3) of the Act, it has been denied that the substance of the notification under Section 4 of the Act was not published in terms of sub-section (1) thereof or the petitioner was an interested person, as envisaged by the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the Act.

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