By the Court.—The petitioner has questioned the validity of the acquisition proceedings initiated by the respondents for the acquisition of land of Plot No. 198, Area 0.101 Hectare, situate in village-Khanpur, Pargana Dankaur, Tehsil Sadar, Gautam Budh Nagar, which has been acquired by the respondents for planned industrial development under the provisions of Section 4 read with Section 17 and Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

2. We have heard Sri Shashi Nandan, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Rajesh Kumar, for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel Sri Neeraj Upadhyay for the Respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 7 and Sri Pradeep Kumar for the Respondent Nos. 3 to 6.

3. A short-counter-affidavit has been filed on behalf of Respondent Nos. 3 to 6 and in view of the issues raised in the petition, the Court had summoned the original records which have been tendered before the Court by the learned Standing Counsel and have been perused by us. It has been urged by all the learned Counsels that in view of the arguments advanced and the records that are already available, there would be no necessity for inviting any further Affidavits and, therefore, we are proceeding to dispo