High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Hon'ble Shamsher Bahadur Singh,J. ( Delivered by Hon'ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.) 1. Petitioners in all these writ petitions have assailed notifications dated 16th October, 2004 published under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act, 1894') and dated 28th November, 2005 published under Section 6 (1) of Act, 1894, proposing to acquire 387-0-5 bighas (229.3828 acres) of land, comprising a large number of khasras in Village-Mohiuddinpur Kanawani, Pargana Loni, District Ghaziabad for the purpose of "Planned Development", (for construction of residential colonies) at the instance of Ghaziabad Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as 'GDA'), in public interest. State Government also exercised powers under Section 17(1) and (4) and dispensed with inquiry contemplated under Section 5A of 'Act, 1894'. 2. Details of petitioners and respective plots belong to them, which are in dispute and subject matter of acquisition in question, are as under: Sl. No. Writ Petition Petitioners' name Details of Kharsa/Gata no. Area (in bigha/ hectare/ sq yd) 4986 of 2005 1. Hatam Singh 3. Sri Vir Singh 451M 454M 454M 455M 300 sq. yard 1-6-0 (3932.5 sq yd) 0-18-0 (2722.5 sq yd) 1-10-0 (4537.5 sq yd) 0-13-0 (1966.25 sq yd) 2-8-0 (7260 sq yd) 1-1-0 (3176.25 sq yd) 0-8-0 (1210 sq yd) 0-16-0 (2420 sq yd) 0-17-0 (2571.2 sq yd) 0-12-0 (1815 sq yd) 1-2-0 (3327.5 sq yd) 0-11.5-0 (1739.375 sq yd) 1-10-5 (4775.31 sq yd ) 0-8-0 (1210 sq yd ) 0-6-0 (907.5 sq yd) 1-0-0 (3025 sq yd) 0-17-0 2571.25 sq yd) 1-10-0 4537.5 sq yd) 0-2-15 (415.93 sq yd) 0-15-10 (9830 sq yd) 2-3-10 (6589.37 sq yd) 76751 of 2005?? . With the consent of parties, Writ Petition no. 4986 of 2005 (Hatam Singh and others vs. State of U.P. and another) has been made leading case and a combined paper book of the aforesaid writ petitions including respective pleadings of parties has been filed which has been referred by respective counsels in all connected writ petitions during course of arguments. 4. Writ Petition no. 35161 of 2014 has been filed by some petitioners who had already filed Writ Petition no. 363 of 2006, challenging acquisition notifications and subsequent writ petition is in respect of subsequent action being taken by respondent-authority i.e. GDA, by publishing auction notice dated 11.07.2014, and therefore, it is connected with the same. 5.0-6-0 (907.5 sq yd) 1-0-0 (3025 sq yd) 0-17-0 2571.25 sq yd) 1-10-0 4537.5 sq yd) 0-2-15 (415.93 sq yd) 0-15-10 (9830 sq yd) 2-3-10 (6589.37 sq yd) 76751 of 2005?? 6. GDA required certain land for "Planned Development". On the requisition sent by GDA, forwarded by Collector, Ghaziabad, State Government published notification dated 16th October, 2004 under Section 4(1) of Act, 1894, proposing to acquire 387-0-5 bighas land at Village Mohiuddinpur, Kanawani, Pargana-Loni, District Ghaziabad. State Government, exercising powers under Sections 17(1) and (4), also declared that land in question is needed urgently, therefore, inquiry under Section 5A of Act, 1894 shall stand dispensed with. Thereafter, declaration was made under Section 6 (1) of 'Act, 1894' vide notification dated 28th November, 2005, published in daily newspapers 'Dainik Jagran' dated 1st December, 2005. Rohit typing center.