By the Court.—Church of North India Trust Association through its registered Power of Attorney Holder Rt. Rev. P.P. Habil, Bishop of Diocese of Agra, Bishop House, St. Paul’s Church Compound, 4/116-B Church Road, Civil Lines, Agra is before this Court, assailing the validity of the Gazette Notification (Extraordinary) dated 17.8.2012 in relation to acquisition of Plot No. 399 area .0085 hect., Plot No. 400 area .0913 hect., Plot No. 396 area .0060 hect. and Plot No. 397 area .0216 hect. published in Hindi Daily ‘Amar Ujala’ dated 15.9.2012, wherein land belonging to Church and Graveyard has been sought to be acquired for the purpose of construction of 6-lane Agra-Etawah bye-pass from 199.660 Km. to 292.800 Km. of National Highway-2 in the State of U.P.

2. Brief background of the case is that there is a church body known as Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as COEMAR) which is a body corporate and politic forever, constituted by and under the Charter granted by the Legislature of the State of New York. COEMAR has its registered trust and had been established for the purpos