VENKATACHALIAH, J.:- Special Leave Petitions (Civil) 4761 and 4762 of 1985 are by the State of Uttar Pradesh and its officers and SLPs 13298 and 11498 of 1987 by the Lucknow Development Authority, (LDA for short) a statutory body constituted under S. 4(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning & Development Act, 1973 (Act for short) and its Authorities seeking special leave to appeal from the common judgment dated 8-12-1986 of the High Court of Judicature, Allahabad, in Writ Petitions Nos. 6819 of 1985 and 367 of 1986 which were heard and decided along with three other writ petitions i.e. WPs 5521 & 5699 of 1985 and 3463 of 1986.

Special Leave Petitions 11515 of 1987 and SLP 11499 of 1987 are by the LDA and its Authorities directed against the said common judgment dated 8-12-1986 in so far as it pertains respectively to W.P. 5699 of 1985 and 5521 of 1985. Special Leave petition 11220 of 1987 is by the LDA and its Authorities seeking leave to appeal from the Order in W.P. 3463 of 1986.

2. The Writ Petitions before the High Court were preferred by the respondent lessees Sri D.P. Singh and his mother Smt. Raj Lakshmi Devi, the heirs of Maharaja Pateshwari Prasad Singh in respect o