(1.) Whether, and, if any, to what extent a Writ Petition will be maintainable at the instance of the respondent-Parishad questioning an award made on a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act is the primal question involved in these appeals, which arise of a judgment and order dated 20-5-1988 passed by a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in First Appeal No. 549 of 1994 and Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 11625 of 1996.
(2.) BACKGROUND FACTS :
(3.) Agra Nagar Mahapalika, a body constituted under Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Adhiniyam, 1959 framed a housing scheme entitled "Ghatwasan Grah Isthan Evam Sarak Yojna". It issued a notification on 23-4-1980 under Section 357 of U. P. Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as 'Mahapalika Adhiniyam') which is equivalent to Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act.