Hemant Gupta, J.

1. The present appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against the judgment dated 4.3.1994 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the writ petition filed by the respondents challenging the acquisition of their land was allowed.

2. The brief facts out of which present appeal arises is that land measuring 693 Kanals 7 Marias situated in village Jamalpur Awana, originally entered in the name Gram Panchayat, was allotted to Yusaf and Ali sons of Darda as evacuee land vide letter of allotment dated 18.12.1969. Another area measuring 239 Kanals 10 Marias situated in village Kuliwal was also allotted to aforesaid Yusuf and Ali. Thus, they were owners of land measuring 932 Kanals 17 Marias. Said Yusaf and Ali sold (i) land measuring 94 Kanals 11 Marias to petitioner No. 2 vide registered sale-deed dated 5.11.1971; (ii) land measuring 141 Kanals 4 Marias to Atamdev Singh, now represented by petitioner Nos. 3 to 6, vide registered sale-deed dated 5.11.1971; and (iii) leased 157/933 share to petitioner No. 1 for a period of 20 years vide registered lease-deed dated 28.4.!971. The State Government published notification dated 25.1.1978 in the Extrao