JUDGMENT

V.S. SIRPURKAR, J.

1. This judgment will govern Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 33194 of 2009, 33958 of 2009 and 35336 of 2009.

2. Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.

3. In the first two Special Leave Petitions, judgment passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 30.11.2009, is in challenge while in the third Special Leave Petition, judgment dated 5.10.2009 on the same subject is impugned. By the impugned judgments, the Writ Petitions filed by the land owners challenging the notification under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter called `the Act' for short) relating to Yamuna Expressway Project, were dismissed by the High Court. In the Writ Petitions, directions were sought, firstly not to give effect to the notifications issued and further not to dispossess the landholders/ petitioners after demolishing their constructions on the lands which were proposed to be acquired. All the challenges were repelled by the High Court. The High Court, in the judgment dated 30.11.2009 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.31314 of 2009 (Nand Kishore Gupta & Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors.), basically pointed out that out of 12,28