By the Court—In all these connected writ petitions the petitioners have prayed for quashing the notifications under Section 4, with the opinion of the State Government of urgency under Section 17 (1), and directions under Section 17 (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act); and the notification under Section 6 (1) of the Act, for Yamuna Expressway Project, and construction of Interchange under the Yamuna Expressway Project in Distt. Agra, Aligarh and Mathura through ‘Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority’ (YEIDA). The petitioners have also prayed for directions not to give effect to the notifications, and to dispossess them after demolishing their constructions.

2. Heard Shri B.D. Mandhyan, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Sanjiv Kumar; Shri P.C. Jhingan; Smt. Sarita Shukla for the petitioners. Shri Satish Chaturvedi, Additional Advocate General assisted by Shri M.C. Chaturvedi, Chief Standing Counsel and Shri M.C. Tripathi, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel appear for State respondents. Shri Navin Sinha, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Yashwant Verma appear for M/s Jaiprakash Infratech Ltd. Shri Ramendra Pratap Singh appears for ‘Yamuna Expressway Industrial