In this petition, petitioners have sought for the

following reliefs:-

" (i) Issue a writ of certiorari quashing the

preliminary

notification

dated

20.05.2000

passed

by

respondent

No.1

bearing

No.CI.317:SPQ:1996

passed

by

respondent

No.1 vide Annexure-A.

(ii) Issue a writ of certiorari quashing the

impugned communication issued by respondent

No.2 to respondent No.5 dated 20/09/2019

bearing No.KIADB/BHU-SWA-(6)/DA/408/2019-

20 vide Annexure-A1 & etc."

2.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners,

learned HCGP for respondent Nos.1, 4 and 5, learned

counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 and also perused the

material on record.

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In

addition

to

reiterating

the

various

contentions urged on behalf of the petitioners and

referring to the documents produced by the petitioners,

learned counsel for the petitioners submits that it is not in

dispute that subsequent to issuance of the preliminary

notification dated 20.05.2000, issued under Section 28(1)

of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act, 1966

(for short "the KIAD Act"), respondent No.2 has not issued

the final notification under Section 28(4) of the KIAD Act

so far and as such, the entire acquisition has lapsed. It is

therefo