Per: Sanjeev Kumar-J
1. This intra-court appeal filed by the appellant arises out of an
order and judgment dated 02.12.2023 passed by the learned
Single Judge of this Court [“the Writ Court”] in OWP no. 882/2017
titled Gazanfar Ali v. State of J&K and others, whereby the writ
petition filed by the appellant herein challenging the notification
dated 25.05.2017 issued under Section 4(1) of the Jammu and
Kashmir Land Acquisition Act [“the Act”] has been dismissed.
2. Briefly stating the facts leading to the filing of this appeal are
that a piece of land measuring 15 Kanals 13 Marlas in Khasra no.
1355/919 and 5 Kanals 8 Marlas in Khasra No. 1356/9420 situate
at Zakura in Srinagar [“the subject land”] was sought to be acquired
for respondent no. 9 for construction of Basic Science College of
Excellence. On the request of respondent no. 9, respondent no. 4
issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Act for acquisition of
the subject land.