every notification under sub-section (1) shall give a brief description of the land. Under sub-section (3), the competent authority is required to cause the substance of the notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which will be in a vernacular language. So far as the question whether the impugned Notification meets the requirement of sub-section (1) of Section 3A regarding giving brief description of land is concerned, the Apex Court noticed that, even though plot numbers of land in respect of each mouza are given, different pieces of land are acquired either as whole or in part. Wherever the acquisition is of a portion of a bigger piece of land, there is no description as to which portion was being acquired. Unless it is known as to which portion was to be acquired, the petitioners would be unable to understand the impact of acquisition or to raise any objection about user of the acquired land for the purposes specified under the Act or to make a claim for compensation. Where a statute requires a particular act to be done in a particular manner, the act has to be done in that manner alone. Every word of the statute has to be given its due meaning. The Apex Court held that, the impugned notification fails to meet
