REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.6662 OF 2004

Ramjas Foundation and another

……..Appellants

Versus

Union of India and others

…….Respondents

J U D G M E N T

G.S. Singhvi, J.

1.

This appeal is directed against judgment dated 18.5.2001 of the

Division Bench of the Delhi High Court whereby the first appeal preferred

by the appellants against the judgment of the learned Single Judge, who

declined to nullify the acquisition of their land was dismissed.

2.

Rai Sahib Kedar Nath, who retired as District Judge from the Punjab

Judicial Service started three schools in Kucha Ghasi Ram, Chandni Chowk,

Bazar Sita Ram and Daryaganj, Delhi between 1912 and 1916 in the

memory of his father, Lala Ramjas Mal. He purchased land measuring

about 1800 bighas in villages Chowkri Mubarikabad and Sadhora Khurd,

which now form part of NCR Delhi from his own resources and by

collecting money in the form of donations from other philanthropists. In a

public function held on 25.12.1916 in Ramjas School, Kucha Ghasi Ram,

Chandani Chowk, Rai Sahib Kedar Nath is said to have made an

announcement that