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(i) that the action, which is impugned, has been taken with the specific object of demanding the interest of the party; and
(ii) such action is aimed at helping some party, and resulting in damage to the party alleging mala fides.
6. Learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties-National Highways Authority of India, on the other hand, submitted that the land of petitioner No.1 finds place both in the first and the second notifications issued under Section 3A of the Act and such plots of the petitioner are vitally required for completion of N.H. No.203 from Bhubaneswar to Puri and without which the said project cannot be completed in time during Nabakalebara of the Lord Jagannath as it is expected that more than 50 lakhs peoples are likely to visit Puri and for which reason the National Highways Authority (for short, "the NHAI") has planned for completion of N.H. No.203 by the end of 2014.
(iii) The date on which M/s. Intercontinental Consultant & Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi had furnished the initial alignment plain in respect of NH- 203 from Bhubaneswar to Puri was 24.05.2007 and the date of approval of the same by the National Highways Authority of India was 30.05.2007.
(iv) The date of submission of modified alignment plan by M/s. Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. was 09.02.2010 and the date of approval of this revised alignment by the National Highways Authority of India was 04.03.2010.
In view of the above, issue No.(IV) is also answered in favour of the opposite parties and against the petitioners.
15. In view of the findings arrived at as noted herein, we are of the considered view that the importance of the project i.e. completion of N.H.-203 from Bhubaneswar to Puri is of great public interest, especially, keeping in view the fact that the Nabakalebara of Lord Jagannath is due in the early part of 2015 for which reason the NHAI have taken all necessary steps to complete the National Highway to accommodate more than 50 lakhs peoples to visit Puri during the said period.