Hon’ble Dilip Gupta, J.—The petitioners, who had filed an application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (The Act) for redetermination of the compensation awarded to them, have filed this petition for a direction upon New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, Gautam Budh Nagar (NOIDA) to release the payment demanded by the Additional District Magistrate (Land Acquisition), NOIDA, ADM (LA), so that the application filed by them can be decided.

2. The records reveal that a notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was issued on 5 January 1982 for acquisition of a large tract of land situated in village Chhalera Khadar, Tehsil Dadri, District Gautam Budh Nagar for planned industrial development by NOIDA. The award under Section 11(1) of the Act was made on 17 December 1983 for 74-3-8 bighas of land. Reference applications were filed by 22 tenure holders including LAR No. 126 of 1986 (Basanta and another v. State of U.P. and others) on which reliance was placed by the petitioners in the application filed by them under Section 28-A of the Act and LAR No. 127 of 1986 (Banwari and others v. State of U.P. and others) that was filed by the predecessor in interes