(1.) A Bench of this Court in a batch of writ petitions in W.P. No. 865 of 1982 etc. and W.P. No. 3137 of 1983, etc. held in its judgement dated 8-1-1988 and 21-1-1988 that a subsequent purchaser of a property notified for acquisition under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, I of 1894 and then followed up by Section 6 declaration cannot have any locus standi to question the acquisition. Venkataswami, J. and Abdul Hadi, J. found however that they were unable to agree with the said view.
(2.) Speaking for the Bench in W.P. No. 865 of 1982, Mohan, J. (as he then was) observed :
(3.) Venkataswami, J. in the order of reference dated 15-2-1991 has upon this said :