Research › Browse › Judgment

Rajasthan High Court · body

1982 DIGILAW 139 (RAJ)

Sita Ram v. State of Rajasthan

1982-03-22

N.M.KASLIWAL

body1982
N.M. KASLIWAL J. — As identical questions of law are involved in these cases it would be convenient to dispose of these cases by one common order. 2. According to the petitioners, they are residents of village Moongaska in the vicinity of City of Alwar. Acquisition proceedings of 189 Bighas 10 Biswas of land was taken by the respondents and in pursuance thereof a notification under Section 4 of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the-Act) was issued on 11th March, 1981. A notification dated 7th August, 1981, published in Rajasthan Gazette Part 1 (Kha) dated August 13, 1981, was issued under Section 6 and 17(4) of the Act. According to the petitioners they were served with individual notices under Section 9 of the Act when they came to know about the land acquisition proceedings. The acquisition proceedings are challenged mainly on the ground that: (i)- Notification under Section 4(1) was not published in accordance with requirement of section 45 of the Act nor was it served on the petitioners; (ii)- No notice under Section 4(5) was issued and put by the competent authority nor such notice was served on the petitioners; (iii)- the State Government did not apply its mind on the question of urgency and dispense with the provisions of Section 5A without any basis; (iv)- The State Government did not apply its mind to the question whether the land was waste or arable; (v)- the acquisition proceedings were started in the year 1971 also for the purpose of Rajasthan Small Scale Industries Corporation, but after objections were raised by aggrieved persons, the same were dropped on 31st August, 1971 and therefore, there was no public purpose involved in the matter. 3. The State Government as well as the Rajasthan Industrial Investment and Development Corporation (RIICO) for whose use the lands are acquired, filed replies and took an identical stand that the land was needed for extension of industrial area at Alwar and RIICO made request for immediate action of acquiring the land and handing over the same to it. The State Government, therefore,issued a notification dated 8th August, 1981 after applying its mind to the urgency of the matter and the arable nature of the land. The notification under section 4(1) was issued on 11th March, 1981 and a public notice was also given in accordance with Section 4(5) of the Act. The State Government, therefore,issued a notification dated 8th August, 1981 after applying its mind to the urgency of the matter and the arable nature of the land. The notification under section 4(1) was issued on 11th March, 1981 and a public notice was also given in accordance with Section 4(5) of the Act. A copy of the proceedings as recorded in the daily diary of the Patwari has been submitted to prove the compliance of public notice in accordance with Section 4(5) of the Act. The land was admitted to be agricultural land and used for cultivation by the petitioners themselves as such the arable nature of the land was undisputed. It was also pleaded that the land in dispute had already vested in the State of Rajasthan and the State had thereafter handed over the possession of the land in dispute to RIICO on 2nd September, 1981 and since then RIICO was in possession of the land in question. The petitioners had no right to make any construction over the agricultural land and as such constructions, if any, raised over the agricultural land being unauthorised, the petitioners could not derive any advantage of such unauthorised constructions. It was also pleaded that the petitioners had not come with clean hands and obtained interim stay orders by mis-stating the facts. The petitioners did not correctly reproduce the impugned notification under section 17(A) and Section 6 of the Act. A very material portion with regard to clear mention of dispensing with the inquiry under Section 5A in the notification had been omitted by the petitioners. The petitioners also misstated and misrepresented about the factum of possession. Even they were dispossessed on 2nd Sept., 1981, but still they mentioned that they were in possession of the lands in question. It was also pleaded that various questions raised in these writ petitions were disputed questions of fact and as such the writ petitions deserve to be dismissed on this ground alone. It was also pleaded that in answer to the notice under Section 9 of the Act, the petitioners have claimed compensation for acquisition of land, construction, standing crop etc., and as such they were estopped from challenging the acquisition proceedings now. 4. I shall deal with the grounds taken by the petitioners ad serletum. GROUND NO. 1: 5. It was also pleaded that in answer to the notice under Section 9 of the Act, the petitioners have claimed compensation for acquisition of land, construction, standing crop etc., and as such they were estopped from challenging the acquisition proceedings now. 4. I shall deal with the grounds taken by the petitioners ad serletum. GROUND NO. 1: 5. Under this ground it is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners that it was categorically stated in the writ petitions that no notice was served under Section 4 (1) of the Act read with Section 45 and that there had been no publication of the notice as required by the provisions of Section 45 of the Act. It was also pleaded specifically that no notice under Section 4 (5) had been issued nor received by the petitioners. The respondents in reply to these averments have clearly stated that notice under Section 4(1) was published and in support of this a copy of the daily diary of the patwari has been placed on record as Annexure R/2. Prima facie there is no reason to disbelieve the stand taken by the respondents that notice under Section 4(1) was published which finds support from Annexure R/2. That apart, it has already been decided by a Division Bench of this Court in D. B. Civil Special Appeal No. 149/1975-Moti Chand & others v. State of Rajasthan and others, decided on January 12, 1981, that so far as the publication of an order under sub-section (1) of Section 4 is concerned, it is only for the benefit of an officer to enter upon or into any land in such locality for survey, to dig or bore into sub-soil to set out boundaries, to mark levels etc. and to do other acts necessary to ascertain whether the land was suitable for such public purpose. This provision cannot be said to be mandatory. The Scheme of Section 4 under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act after the substitution of Section 2 of Rajasthan Act No. XXII of 1966 was entirely different. The procedure contained upto sub-sec. (4) of Section 4 of the Rajasthan Act was concerned, it was entirely for the benefit of the officers subordinate to the Govt. The provision under clause (g) of sub-sec. (1) of Sec 4 was also for the purpose of inquiry to ascertain the number of the persons interested in such land. The procedure contained upto sub-sec. (4) of Section 4 of the Rajasthan Act was concerned, it was entirely for the benefit of the officers subordinate to the Govt. The provision under clause (g) of sub-sec. (1) of Sec 4 was also for the purpose of inquiry to ascertain the number of the persons interested in such land. The stage of filing objections under Section 5-A of the persons interested only arrives when a notice has been given under sub section (5) of Section 4 of the Act. Section 5A itself makes a mention that any person interested in any land in respect of which a notice has been given under sub-section (5) of Section 4 is being proposed to be acquired for a public purpose or for a company may, within 30 days, after the service of the public notice, in the manner provided under Sec 4G object to the acquisition of the land or of any land in the locality as the case may be. Thus, if there was any non-compliance of the order issued under sub-section (1) of Section 4 in the matter of publication in accordance with the provision of sub section (4) of Section 45 it was merely delegatory and not mandatory. The aforesaid view also finds support from a bench decision of this Court in M/S. Rajasthan Udyog Limited v. State of Rajasthan (1). The petitioner as such can have no grievance for any non-compliance of the notification under Section 4(1) if the same for arguments sake has not been published strictly in compliance with Section 4 (5) and Section 48 of the Act. The purpose of issuing this notification is merely to give a notice to the owner of the land that the authorised officer along with his servants and workmen shall enter his premises for performing the functions of survey etc. mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 4, of the Act. The State Government in case of large chunk of land may be satisfied about its suitability for acquisition without any survey of the land. Thus, I find no substance at all in the ground raised by the petitioners. GROUND No. 2: 6. This ground is already covered by my decision given for ground No, 1. GROUND No. 3: 7. This is the ground on which a serious controversy has been raised by the petitioners. Thus, I find no substance at all in the ground raised by the petitioners. GROUND No. 2: 6. This ground is already covered by my decision given for ground No, 1. GROUND No. 3: 7. This is the ground on which a serious controversy has been raised by the petitioners. It is contended that in the instant case the State Government has not been able to disclose the circumstances which necessitated climination of an inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. The respondents have neither disclosed the nature of the industries, nor the circumstances which have rendered it so imperative to take immediate possession of the land. It is submitted that the mere fact that the land was required for establishment of industries and extension of industrial area could not have formed the basis for invoking the powers under Section 17 (4) of the Act. Neither the need to establish industry nor the need to expend the existing industrial area can came into existence over night. By the very nature of things, the requirement for the same, if any, must have gradually emerged and there was no reason as to why the Government did not initiate the acquisition proceedings well in advance. The urgency should be of such a nature as to avoid even the minimum requirement of hearing and could only be the result of some unexpected extraordinary situation e.g. floods etc. or of a nature where the scheme was a time bound one and by lapse of time the object of such scheme would become nugatory and infructuous. Strong reliance is placed on the following observations, in Motian v. State of Rajasthan (2) where it was observed as under: "In view of this, with due respect to the view taken by the Division Bench of this Court in the above case, I have got no hesitation in holding that the question regarding the urgency under S. 17 (4)(sic) of the Act, is not immune from judicial review and once it is challenged properly, this Court has ample jurisdiction to make limited probe into the matter as per limits set up by the Supreme Court in the above case. In fact, in the present bunch of cases, no probe even is required because the only requirement of acquisition to industrial development and that too for providing land first to the corporation (R.I.M.D.C.), which itself in terms would allot the land, later on, to industrialist and when the same is required to be done. Such a nature of requirement simplicitor without anything more live like time bound programme, can never be treated to enough for dispensing with and depriving a citizen of his legal right of a summery inquiry under S. 5-A of the Act. This is a sort of right of hearing, which has been put at the highest pedestal on the principles of natural justice, in the various cases of the Supreme Court in Ramana Dayarma Shetty vs. The International Airport, Authority of India, AIR 1679 SC 1628 and Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India AIR 1978 SC 597 . I have got no hesitation in holding that invoking of urgency clause under Section 17(4) of the Act was wholly misconceived and cannot be sustained" Reliance is also placed on Dora Phalauli vs. State of Punjab (3), The State of Punjab vs. Gurdial Singh (4), Swadeshi Cotton Mills vs. Union of India (5), Natwar Lal Jarambhai Patel vs. State of Gujarat(6) and Yasho Mathu Mahajan vs. The State of Maharashtra (7). 8. On the other hand, it was contended by Mr. Lodha, learned counsel for RIICO, that it was clear from the notification that the Government was satisfied that the land in question was urgently needed and dispensed with the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. The Sand in dispute along with other land was urgently needed for establishment of industry as well as extension of industrial area already in existence near the disputed land. Because of the pressing demands of the entrepreneur even the delay of few days was coming in the way of industrial development and expension of Matsya Industrial Area, Alwar and complete facts and circumstances were considered by the Government right upto the Chief Minister and it was ultimately decided to invoke the powers under Section 17(4) of the Act. It is further contended that the petitioners themselves in rejoinder have placed correspondence which shows that the Government had applied its mind to the urgency of the matter and this Court cannot go into the question of sufficiency of such material. It is further contended that the petitioners themselves in rejoinder have placed correspondence which shows that the Government had applied its mind to the urgency of the matter and this Court cannot go into the question of sufficiency of such material. This Court should not strike down the notification for acquisition of land on grounds based on hyper-technicality. The petitioners have not been able to show as to what possible objections they could have reised if opportunity was given to them under Section 5A of the Act and in the absence of any prejudice this Court should not interfere in the subjective satisfaction of the government in such matters. It was contended that the case of Dora Phalauli (supra) was considered by this Court in Ram Nath vs. State of Rajasthan and others SB. Civil Writ Petition No. 1070/1981- decided on July 3, 1981 and the aforesaid case was found to be distinguishable on the ground that the language used in the notification in the Supreme Court case was entirely different from the language used in the notification issued by the Government of Rajasthan in that case. 9. I have given my careful consideration to the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties in regard to this ground. There can be no manner of doubt that in case the impugned notification issued under Section 17(4) of the Act is held to be valid which dispenses with the inquiry under Sec. 5A of the Act, in that case the necessity of giving a notice under sub-section (5) of Section 4 and the service of the public notice in the manner provided in Section 45 automatically goes away. The notice to a person interested in the land under clause (i) off sub-sec. (5) of Section 4 and a public notice under clause (ii) of the same sub-section is given so that a person interested in the land may file objections to the notice issued under Section 4 of the Act Such objections are heard under Section 5-A of the Act. (5) of Section 4 and a public notice under clause (ii) of the same sub-section is given so that a person interested in the land may file objections to the notice issued under Section 4 of the Act Such objections are heard under Section 5-A of the Act. Section 17 empowers the Government to act in cases of urgency and under sub section (4) of Section 17, the Government may direct that provisions of Section 5A shall not apply and, if it does so direct, a declaration may be made under Section 6 in respect of the land at any time after the publication of the order under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Act. Thus, under sub-sec. (4) of Sec. 17 if an order is validly issued, the provisions of Sec. 5-A will not apply and automatically the question of serving a notice to the interested persons or service of public notice in the manner provided in Section 45 does not arise. Thus, the main question to be determined is whether the notification issued by the Government under sub section (4) of Section 17 on 7th August. 1981, is valid or not. Learned counsel for the petitioners placed much reliance on Dora Phalaulis case (supra). In that case the language used in the notification was as under: "Further in exercise of the powers under the said Act, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to direct that action under Section 17 shall be taken in this case on the grounds of urgency and provisions of Section 5-A will not apply in regard to this acquisition." 10. With regard to such notification it was observed by their Lordships that: "In the portion of the notification which we have extracted above, it is neither mentioned that the land is waste or arable nor has it been stated that in the opinion of the Government, there was any urgency to take recourse to the provisions of Section 17 of the Act. A direction to the Collector has been given to take action under Section 17 on the ground of urgency but this is not a legal and complete fulfilment of the requirement of the law. A direction to the Collector has been given to take action under Section 17 on the ground of urgency but this is not a legal and complete fulfilment of the requirement of the law. It is to be remembered that the right of a person having any interest in the property to file an objection under Section 5-A of the Act should not be interfered with in such a casual or cavalier manner as has been done in this case. In these circumstances the writ petition was allowed and the portion of the notification issued on 23rd August, 1967 was struck down." 11. In the cases in consideration before me it is an admitted case of the petitioners themselves that the land in question was agricultural land and was used for cultivation. The petitioners have even mentioned that their crops were standing over the lands. Arable land is that land which is ploughed or fit for ploughing of crops. Thus, the nature of the land being arable remains undisputed in these cases. The petitioners have even mentioned that their crops were standing over the lands. Arable land is that land which is ploughed or fit for ploughing of crops. Thus, the nature of the land being arable remains undisputed in these cases. So far as the language being used in the notification is concerned it reads as under: ^^m|ksx [xzqi & 1] foHkkx vf/k lwpuk t;iqj] vxLr 7] 1982- la[;k ia- 6 ¼23½ m|ksx 1@80 %& pwafd jkT; ljdkj larq"V gSa fd uhps of.kZr Hkwfe lkoZtfud iz;kstu vFkkZr~ jktLFkku jkT; vkS|ksfxd fodkl ,oe~ fofu;kstu fuxe fy- t;iqj ds fy, jkT; ljdkj }kjk vkokl fd;k tkuk visf{kr gSA pwafd jktLFkku Hkwfe vokfIr vf/kfu;e 1953 dh /kkjk 4 ds vUrxZr vknsk tkjh dj fn;k x;k gSA vkSj pwafd mijksDr Hkwfe dks vokIr fd;k tkuk vfrvko;d gS] vr,o jktLFkku Hkwfe vokfIr vf/kfu;e 1953 ¼jktLFkku vf/kfu;e la- 24 lu~ 1953½ dh /kkjk 17 dh mi&/kkjk 4 }kjk iznRr kfDr;ksa dk iz;ksx djrs gq, jkT; ljdkj ,rn~ }kjk funsZk nsrh gS fd mDr vf/kfu;e dh /kkjk 5, ds izko/kku iwoksZDr Hkwfe ds fy;s ykxw ugha gksaxs vkSj mDr vf/kfu;e dh /kkjk 6 ds vxszrj vuqlj.k esa ,rn~ }kjk ?kks"k.kk djrh gS fd iwoksZDr Hkwfe mDr lkoZtfud iz;kstukFkZ vko;d gS vkSj mDr vf/kfu;e dh /kkjk 6¼4½¼1½ ds vxzsrj vuqlj.k esa jkT; ljdkj Hkwfe vokfIr vf/kdkjh ¼mi ftyk/khk½] vyoj dks mDr Hkwfe vokfIr ds fuferk vkKk izkIr djus gsrq ,rn~ }kjk funsZk nsrh gSA vkSj mDr vf/kfu;e dh /kkjk 17 dh mi/kkjk ¼1½ ds vxzsrj vuqlj.k esa jkT; ljdkj Hkwfe vokfIr vf/kdkjh ¼mi ftyk/khk½] vyoj dks /kkjk 9 dh mi /kkjk ¼1½ esa mYysf[kr uksfVl ds izdkku ls 15 fnol dh lekfIr ij iwoksZDr Hkwfe dk dCtk ys ysus dk funsZk nsrh gSA Hkwfe dh fLFkfr lEcfU/kr uDkk Hkwfe vokfIr vf/kdkjh ¼mi ftyk/khk½ vyoj ds dk;kZy; esa dk;kZy; le; ds Hkhrj ns[kk tk ldrk gSA The language thus used in the aforesaid notification clearly mentions that it was necessary to acquire the land urgently. Thus, the defects existing in the notification which came up for consideration in Dora Phalaulis case (supra) before their Lordships of the Supreme Court are not existing in the notification in question- in the cases before me. Learned counsel for the petitioners placed reliance on the following observations of the Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Gurdayal Singh (supra): "The fourth point about the use of emergency power is well taken. Learned counsel for the petitioners placed reliance on the following observations of the Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Gurdayal Singh (supra): "The fourth point about the use of emergency power is well taken. Without referring to supportive case-law, it is fundamental that compulsory taking of a mans property is a serious matter and the smaller the mand the more serious the matter. Hearing him before depriving him is both reasonable and preemptive of arbitrariness, and denial of this administrative fairness is constitutional anathema except for good reasons. Save in real urgency where public interest does not break even the minimum time needed to give a hearing land acquisition authorities should not, having regard to Arts. 14 and 19, bruke an enquiry under Section 17 of the Act. Here aelumbering process, pending for years and suddenly exciting itself into immediate forcible taking, makes a travesty of emergency power." 12. It was also argued by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the mind of the officer or authority concerned has to be applied to the question whether there was an urgency of such a nature that even the summary proceedings under Section 5-A of the Act should be eliminated. It is not just the existence of an urgency but the need to dispense with an inquiry under section 5A which has to be considered. Reliance in this regard is placed on Motian v. State of Rajasthan (supra) decieded by G.M. Lodha J. It is contended that in the aforesaid case a notification of the present kind was struck down. 13. There can be no manner of doubt that in cases in which the power is exercised in such an obviously arbitrary or perverse fashion without regard to the actual and undanisble facts or in other words, so unreasonable as to leave no doubt whatsoever in the mind of a court that there has been excess of power, the action has to be struck down. There may also be cases where the mind of the authority concerned has not been applied at all, due to misunderstanding of the law or some other reason, to what was legally imperative for it to consider, the court should interfere. There may also be cases where the mind of the authority concerned has not been applied at all, due to misunderstanding of the law or some other reason, to what was legally imperative for it to consider, the court should interfere. But once the Court comes to the conclusion that the authority concerned was acting within the scope of its powers and had some material, however, meagre, on which it could reasonably base its opinion, the court should not and will not interfere. I find support in the above view from the observations made by their Lordships of the Supreme Court in para 10 of Narain v. State of Maharashtra(9). There is a well known presumption based on the maxim Omnia Preesumuntour rite esess acta, which means that all acts are presumed to have been rightly and regularly done. Their Lordships of the Supreme Court also considered in detail the applicability of the above presumption and the discharging of special burden, imposed by Sec. 106 of the Evidence Act. In Narain v. State of Maharashtra case (supra) their Lordships held that in the above case there was no indication whatsoever in the affidavit filed on behalf of the State that the mind of the Commissioner was applied at all to the question whether it was a case necessitating the elimination of the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. The recitals in the notification on the other hand, indicated that elimination of the inquiry under Section 5-A of the Act was treated as an automatic consequence of the opinion formed on other matters. The recital did not say at all that any opinion was formed on the need to dispense with the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. It was certainly a case in which the recital was at least defective. The burden, therefore, rested upon the State to remove the defect, if possible, by evidence to show that some exceptional circumstances which necessitated the elimination of an inquiry under Section 5A of the Act and that the mind of the Commissioner was applied to this essential question. It was certainly a case in which the recital was at least defective. The burden, therefore, rested upon the State to remove the defect, if possible, by evidence to show that some exceptional circumstances which necessitated the elimination of an inquiry under Section 5A of the Act and that the mind of the Commissioner was applied to this essential question. In these circumste-nces, their Lordships held that the correct way of putting it would have been to say that the failure of the State to produce evidence of facts especially within the knowledge of its officials, which rested upon it under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, taken together with the attending facts and circumstances including contents of recitals had enabled the petitioners to discharge their burden under Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act. Applying the above principle in the cases before me I find that the stand taken by the State Government in clause (b) of para 10 of the reply to the writ petition submitted in S. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1351/81- Sita Ram v. State of Rajasthan is as under: "The land was urgently needed by RIICO for extension of the industrial area Alwer as such the RIICO made request to the State Government to take immediately action for the acquisition of the land. The matter was referred to the Collector along with his report to the State Government. The matter was dealt with at the various level of the State Government and ultimately the file went to the highest level and it was decided that the matter was urgently needed and the recourse to section 17(4) of the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act may be taken. The State also decided that the matter was arable in nature." The reply is supported by an affidavit given by Narendra Kumar Agarwal, Assistant Collector and Executive Magistrate, H.Q. Alwar, who has deposed that he was officer-incharge of the case and the contents of reply of para No. 1 to 18 (a) to (e) were true to his knowledge based on official record. I am constrained to observe that the Assistant Collector could not have any personal knowledge in the matter to state that such urgency existed in the matter which prevented even to take recourse to Sec.5-A of the Act. I am constrained to observe that the Assistant Collector could not have any personal knowledge in the matter to state that such urgency existed in the matter which prevented even to take recourse to Sec.5-A of the Act. Even in the reply filed by the State Government it has not been stated as to what was such urgency on account of which even the inviting of objections was necessary to dispensed with. The only reason given is that the land was urgently needed by RIICO for extension of industrial area, Alwar. This, in my opinion totally lacks the furnishing of requirement that the urgency was of such a nature that even the summary proceedings under Section 5-A of the Act was required to be eliminated. It has already been observed in Narain v. State of Maharashtras case (supra) that— "All schemes relating to development of industrial and residential areas must be urgent in the context of the country need for increased production and more residential accommodation. Yet the very nature of such scheme of development does not appear to demand such emergent action as to eliminate summary inquires under Section 5A of the Act There is no indication whatsoever in the affidavit filed on behalf of the State that the mind of the Commissioner was applied at all to the question whether it was a case necessitating the elimination of the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act." In the cases in hand also no affidavit has been filed that the mind of Secretary concerned or the Minister concerned or the Chief Minister was applied at all to the question whether it was a case necessitating the elimination of the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. The recital used in the notification also does not show that mind was applied to the question whether the urgency was of such a nature as to require elimination of the inquiry under Section 5A of the Act. No such case has been made out even in the reply submitted by the Government much less it finds support from any documents placed on record. No such case has been made out even in the reply submitted by the Government much less it finds support from any documents placed on record. The original record was no doubt shown to the Court but from a perusal of that record also it was not revealed that mind was applied to the question that there was an urgency of such a nature which necessitated even the elimination of the inquiry under Section 5-A of the Act. The case Narain v. State of Maharashtra (supra) thus applies in all fours to the facts and circumstances of these cases and it is held that the part of the impugned notification dispensing with the provisions of Section 5A of the Act is invalid. GROUND No. 4: 14. I have already taken the view that the nature of land being arable is an admitted case of the petitioners as such I find no force in this ground raised by the petitioners. GROUND No. 5: 15. Merely because the proceedings were dropped in the year 1971, it cannot be held that there is no public purpose now. The land in question is needed for the public purpose for the need of Rajasthan Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd., Jaipur and which in my opinion was a public purpose and there cannot be any ground to hold that the land could not be acquired for such public purpose in 1981. Thus, I find no force in the arguments raised by the petitioners under this ground. 16. In view of my above findings on ground No. 3 in favour of the petitioners, all these writ petitions are allowed. Notification issued on 11th March, 1981, under Section 4 of the Act is held to be valid, but the notification issued under Section 17(4) and under Section 6 of the Act dated 7th August, 1981, published in the Gazette dated 13th August, 1981, and all further proceedings taken in consequence of such notification are quashed. It would be open to the respondents to take fresh proceedings by following the procedure prescribed under Sec. 5A of the Act, It is also made clear that in case, any extraordinary exceptional situation of urgency arises in future, the respondents would be at liberty to invoke the powers under Section 17(4) of the Act also. Parties are left to bear their own costs.