(1.) The writ petitioners are the appellants herein. They filed the writ petitions challenging the notification issued under Sec. 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 [in short "Old Act"] vide G.O.Ms.No.248, Housing and Urban Development (U.D.III) dtd. 9/3/1994, which came to be dismissed, vide impugned common order dtd. 19/6/2012, against which these writ appeals have been filed.
(2.) Short facts leading to the filing of these writ appeals are as follows:
(3.) Mr.V.Raghavachari, learned Senior Counsel for the appellants made the following contentions: