[Civil Appeal No. 14248 of 2015 arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.8583 of 2013]. Being aggrieved by the judgment delivered by the High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad dated 10th October, 2012, in Writ Appeal No.1274 of 2012, this appeal has been preferred by the land owners, whose lands have been acquired. The issue involved in this appeal is whether Reference Applications filed by the appellants under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), was beyond statutory period. For the purpose of ascertaining the said fact, it would be necessary to record some of the relevant facts pertaining to the acquisition proceedings. Notification under Section 4 of the Act for the purpose of acquiring the land for establishment of Auto Nagar at Eluru had been issued on 27th August, 1993. In pursuance of the said notification, notification under Section 6 of the Act had been published on 8th October, 1993. Looking at the facts of the case, the Authorities had invoked urgency clause and enquiry under Section 5-A of the Act had been dispensed with.
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