SCA/8330/2026

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/8330/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 23/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:39055-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8330 of 2026 ========================================================== HEIRS OF HEMTABHAI ALIAS HEMTAABHAI VIRABHAI BADIYABHAI ALIAS BHUDHIYABHAI SANGADA & ORS. Versus COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND DEPUTY COLLECTOR/ PRANT OFFICER & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR JA ADESHRA(107) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,1.1,1.2,1.3,2,2.1,2.2,3,3.1,3.2 MS HETAL PATEL, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 23/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. The petitioners herein claim to be owners in possession of land bearing Block number/survey No.1331 (old Block Number/survey No.80/1/Paiki 2), admeasuring 1-41-74 (Hectare-Are-Square Meters) of Village Gollav, Taluka- Godhra, District - Panchmahal. A copy of village Form No.7/12 showing the name of predecessor-in-interest of the petitioners, namely, Virabhai Badiyabhai alias Budhiyabhai Sangada, is appended as Annexure–‘A’ to the writ petition. A copy of pedhinama of the deceased owner namely Virabhai is Page 1 of 7 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:48:00 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/8330/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 23/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:39055-DB also appended as Annexure–‘C’ to the petition. 2. It is contended in the writ petition that vide Notification dated 28.09.2020 under Section 3(1) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act’ 1962, the land-in-question has been acquired for transportation o