Prior to the Constitution, when there were no fundamental rights, section 299 of the Government of India Act, 1935 which corresponds to article 31 had been construed by the Federal Court in Rao Bahadur Kunwar Lal Singh vs The Central Provinces and Berar(1) and in other cases referred to in Rajah of Bobbili vs The State of Madras(2) and it was held by the Federal Court that the word "acquisition" occurring in section 299 had the limited meaning of actual transference of ownership and not the wide meaning of deprivation of any kind that has been given by this Court in Subodh Gopal Bose 's case(3) to that word acquisition appearing in article 31(2) in the light of the other provisions of the Constitution. ' It is, therefore, not clear at all that the impugned Act was in conflict With section 299 of the Government of India Act,1935.