1997 INSC 0735
                                                       Mahadeo

                                                           Vs

                                        Sub Divisional Officer and Others

                                          Civil Appeal No. 3054 of 1980

                                     (Dr. A.S. Anand, K. Venkataswami JJ)

                                                      31.07.1997

                                                        ORDER

1. In this appeal, the only question raised and canvassed is :

                  "Is the notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act rendered ineffective,
                  if an individual notice contemplated by Section 4(1) of the said Act read with the
                  Rules framed by the State of Maharashtra is not served upon a person interested ?"

2. This question is no longer res integra. This Court in Bat' Malimabu v. Stare of Gujarat [(1978) 2
SCC 373] and in Stare of Gujarat v. Panch of Nani Hamam's Pole [(1986) 1 SCC 566] while
considering the requirement of a special notice under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act read
with the Gujarat Rules, which are in pari materia to the Maharashtra Rules, came to the conclusion
that no such notice was necessary to be given and, therefore, the grievance of the appellant does not
survive for any further consideration. The appeal, consequently, fails and is dismissed but without
any order as to costs.