Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—This is second round of litigation relating to land acquisition proceedings initiated in the year 1981 for construction of Police Line at village Harsaon, district Ghaziabad. The first round of litigation commenced by filing Writ Petition No. 6900 of 1981 by predecessor in interest of the petitioners in this Court challenging the notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) dated 26th February, 1981 and declaration under Section 6 of the Act dated 26th March, 1981. The said writ petition was disposed of by judgment and order dated 12th January, 2007 directing the State Government to consider the prayer of the petitioners for release of the land. The State Government by order dated 10th December, 2010 rejected the claim of the petitioners to release the land under Section 48 of the Act. These two writ petitions have been filed challenging the order of the State Government dated 10th December, 2010. Apart from challenging the order dated 10th December, 2010 passed by the State Government refusing to release the land, the petitioners have also made a prayer for quashing the Section 4 notifi