(1.) ALL the aforesaid writ petitions being connected have been placed before this Court, therefore, the same have been heard analogously and are being decided by this common judgment.
(2.) PETITIONERS in all the aforesaid writ petitions describe themselves to be owners and/or possessors of the respective lands in different villages of District Ghaziabad. The common submission of all the petitioners is that their lands have been acquired under the impugned notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter in short called as the "Act') for the purpose of developing Hi-Tech Township without proper notice to them. It has further been contended that there is no necessity to invoke the urgency clause of acquisition as provided under Section 17 (4) of the Act dispensing with provisions of Section 5-A of the Act. Therefore, they have been deprived of submitting their objections to the proposed acquisition.
(3.) THE State Government has acquired the land for development of Hi-Tech Township in the name of Ghaziabad Development Authority. A memorandum of understanding was executed between Ghaziabad Development Authority and the private company on 30th November, 2005. From the perusal of such memorandum of understanding it transpires that the entire development has been supposed to be done by a private company, for which the State Government has given relaxation in the stamp duty to the private builder which will result in the huge financial loss to the State Government.