MAHAVIR JANGONDA PATIL vs DIRECTOR OF RESETTLEMENT .

The Supreme Court addressed the challenge to the notification under Section 15(1) of the Maharashtra Resettlement of Project Displaced Persons Act, 1976, and the notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court held that the compromise recorded in 1979, which affected the land holdings of the appellant, was void ab initio as it occurred after the notification under Section 11(1) of the Resettlement Act. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the Writ Petition, affirming the validity of the notifications issued for land acquisition.