1. The petitioners claim to be the recorded owners of R.S. Plot
No.46 within Mouza-Kalua, J.L. No.22 under Police Station-
Behala (presently Haridevpur) in the District of South 24-
Parganas.
2. The petitioners state that the aforesaid property was
requisitioned by passing an order under Section 3(1) of the West
Bengal (Requisition & Acquisition) Act, 1948 being L.A. Case
No.LA-II/71 of 1976-77. Subsequently a notice under Section 4
(1)(a) of the 1948 Act was published in the Calcutta Gazette on
August 26, 1981 for acquiring the same. The petitioners allege
that though the property of the petitioners has been utilised for
the purpose for which it was requisitioned and subsequently
steps were taken for acquisition but no award was passed under
the provisions of the 1948 Act. The petitioners further allege
that no compensation has been paid to the petitioner till date
though the property has been utilised for a public purpose.
