(1.) This is an appeal from the order, dated October 19, 1954, of a learned Single Judge of this Court accepting a petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of the respondents who were the petitioners, against the Union of India and the Estate Officer appellants. The facts are as given below.
(2.) The respondents are the owners of flat No. 5 Aggarwal Buildings, Connaught Circus, New Delhi. It was requisitioned by the Central Government under Sub-rule (11 of Rule 75-A of the Defence of India Rules on April 14, 1943.
(3.) The purposes for which power was given to the Central or the Provincial Government to requisition property are stated in Sub-rule (1) of Rule 75-A of the Defence of India Rules which runs thus-