The Minister in Charge filed an affidavit in which he said: ". .for the purpose of urgently acquiring the lands for the Capital Project, I had given instructions initially to Shri S.M. Dudam and subsequently to Shri A.S. Gill after he became the Secretary of the Revenue Department, and had made arrangements with them, during their respective tenures as Secretaries of the Revenue Department, to take necessary action for urgent acquisition of lands for the Capital Project and had also instructed them that they or the concerned Deputy Secretaries or Under Secretaries in the Revenue Department may, without bringing the cases to my personal notice and without referring such cases to me, issue notifications under sections 4 and 6 o/the Land Acquisition Act and may apply urgency clause under section 17(1) and (4) of the said Act as the case may be wherever it was possible to invoke the urgency clause according to law." S.M. Dudani who was Secretary 'till April 2, 1965 and A.S. Gill who followed him swore two affidavits.