By the Court.—We have heard Shri N.P. Singh and Shri K.P. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners. Learned Standing Counsel appears for the State respondents. Shri Ramendra Pratap Singh appears for Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority.

2. The petitioners are Bhumidhars of land in revenue estate of Village Makaura, Pargana Dadri, District Gautam Budh Nagar. By these writ petitions, they have challenged the notifications dated 12.3.2008 published in official Gazettee of Uttar Pradesh under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short the Act) with the opinion of the State Government that the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 17 of the Act are applicable, and that the land is urgently required for the ‘Planned Industrial Development’ in District Gautam Budh Nagar through Greater Noida, and in order to eliminate the delay likely to be caused for an enquiry under Section 5A of the Act, provisions of sub-section (4) of Section 17 of the Act are invoked and that the provisions of Section 5A of the Act shall not apply. The notification dated 12.3.2008, was published in daily newspapers ‘Amar Ujala’ and ‘Rashtriya Sahara’ on 18.3.2008. The notificati