ORDER

1. Special leave granted.

2. All these appeals arise from judgment of the Patna High Court dated 22-7-1993 in CWJC No, 5986 of 1993 and other matters in which it was held that the writ petitions are not maintainable. The question that arises in these appeals is whether the appellant-Board is a person interested within the meaning of Section 3(b) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short the Act). Section 3(b) reads thus :

"3. (b) the expression person interested includes all persons claiming an interest in compensation to be made on account of the acquisition of land under this Act, and a person shall be deemed to be interested in land if he is interested in an easement affecting the land;".

Section 3(cc) reads as under :

"3. (cc) the expression Corporation owned or controlled by the State mean any body corporate established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, and includes a Government company as defined in Section 617 of the (Companies) Act, 1956, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or under any corresponding law for the time being in force in a State, being a society established or administered by Government and a cooperative society w