Besides assailing the proposed award dated 31-12-2005, by Collector (Land Acquisition), Bhopal, in Regular Land Acquisition Case No. l/A/82/95-96, petitioners also call in question the entire land acquisition proceedings initiated vide Notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, published in the M.P. Rajpatra, dated 24-11-95. Notification under Section 6 of the Act was published in M.P. Rajpatra on 15-5-1998 (as per order passed in W.P. No. 4176/1998 deemed to have been published on 31-3-1998).

2. It is not in dispute that-

(i) The petitioners are members of Sarvodaya Housing Co-operative Society.

(ii) Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Bhopal vide its resolution dated 22-7-1987 sought 126.27 acres of land situated at Berasia Road and Karod Kalan, of which 103.96 acres was acquired on 30-11-1994.

(iii) Vide resolution dated 5-10-1995 acquired 28.71 acres of land which included the land belonging to society of which the petitioners are member.

(iv) Notification under Section 4(1) of Act, 1894 issued on 3-11-1995 was challenged by some of the members of Society, viz., Vijay Kumar and others Vs. State of M.P. andothers, W.P. No. 3195/1994; Ranjit Singh Thakur, vide