( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution praying that a writ of certiorari be issued quashing the notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act and further for a writ of mandamus directing the opposite parties not to give effect to the said notifications and refrain from dispossessing the petitioners from the land in dispute.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY the facts are that on the 14th of December 1956, a notification purporting to be one under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act was issued for general information that the disputed land was needed for public purpose and that the provisions of Section 17 (1) of the said act applied and that the provisions of Section 5-A of the said Act would not apply to these proceedings. Thereafter another notification dated the 27th of December 1956, was issued under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act giving out that the laird was needed for public purpose and the Collector of Bulandshahr was directed to take orders for the acquisition o the said land. It was further provided in the notification that as the case was one of urgency the Collector was directed on the expiry of the notice to take possession of