Arulanandom J:

This is a suit brought by the plaintiffs, Yew Lean Finance Development (M) Sdn. Bhd., against the Director of Lands and Mines, Penang, seeking the following orders: -

(1) A declaration that the said GN 23 is null and void as it fails to specify for what purpose the plaintiffs said lands are being acquired.

(2) Alternatively that the subsequent failure of the State Authority to particularise the purpose of acquisition further rendered the said notification inoperative.

(3) A further declaration that the said GN 23 is published in a form which is ultra vires ss. 7,8 & 9 of the Land Acquisition Act and therefore void.

(4) A declaration that the purported acquisition is of no effect because it was based on a misreading of GN 35.

(5) A declaration that the purported acquisition is of no effect because the wrong motive was applied in acquiring the lands which are not needed for the Prai Barrage project or are required for some vague purpose.

(6) A declaration that the said GN 23 is void and of no effect as it was signed by a person who is not a designated person.

(7) Damages resulting from the publication of the said GN 23 and subsequent actions of the auth