Ajai Lamba, J.:- This shall dispose of CWP No.17469 of 2006 titled ‘Savitri Devi Vs. State of Haryana & Others’ and CWP No .17458 of 2006 titled ‘M/s Vinod Oil and General Mills Vs. State of Haryana & Others’ . The same acquisition proceedings have been challenged. The petitions involve common questions of facts and law.

2. The acquisition proceedings were initiated by issuance of notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, ‘the Act’) dated 15.3.2004. The declaration under Section 6 of the Act was issued on 14.3.2005. The respondents seek to acquire land for a public purpose namely for development of the area as residential and commercial area under the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977 by the Haryana Urban Development Authority in the area of village Hisar Hadbast No.146 and village Satrod Khas and Khurd Hadbast No. 154, 155, Tehsil and District Hisar.

3. The only issue raised is that the petitioners in the two petitions had set up an industrial unit in the year 1981, which is running under the name and style of Mis Vinod Oil & General Mills’, the same being a partnership concern. Before setting up of the unit, permission from th