By the Court.—Heard Sri Pawan Kumar Mishra holding brief of Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioners before us have assailed the recovery proceedings issued under the orders of the Additional Collector Land Acquisition, Ghaziabad dated 21st November, 2017 and the certificate of recovery issued on 12th January, 2018 coupled with a citation dated 23rd January, 2018 whereby the petitioners have been called upon to repay the entire amount of compensation that was paid to them in lieu of the property that came to be acquired by the National Highway Authority of India Limited i.e. the respondent No. 2 herein.

3. The present writ petition was entertained and the following interim order was passed on 15th March, 2018.

“Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to implead “Sri Riyasat Ali S/o Sri Ahtmam Ali” as respondent No. 5 to the writ petition. Necessary impleadment be carried out during the course of the day.

The petitioners are subsequent purchasers of the land, which was subject-matter of acquisition by the National Highways Authority of India Ltd.

It is contended that the compensation was received by them and the proceedings initi