( 1 ) ALL the learned Counsel agreed that these three Writ Petitions can be disposed of together; therefore, they are being disposed of by this common order.

( 2 ) WRIT Petition Nos. 12275 of 1993 and 681 of 1997 are filed by the individual- purchasers, while Writ Petition No. 25392 of 1996 is filed by Sri Lakshmi Narasimha swamy Colony Residents Association, the members of which are also the purchasers. The challenge is made to the notification issued by the Wakf Board, which was gazetted on 9-2-1989 insofar as it relates to the properties at serial No. 2900 at page 225.

( 3 ) IT is the case of the petitioners that one Mir Abbas All Khan was the inamdar and mr. Rangiah was the cultivating tenant in respect of lands in S. Nos. 141,143,144 and 145 situate at Meerpet village. After the andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Inams abolition Act, 1955 came into force, the cultivating tenants acquired occupancy rights. The petitioners in Writ Petition Nos. 12275 of 1993 and 681 of 1997 had purchased total extent of Acres 22. 19 in the year 1972. The petitioners are only concerned with the land situate in S. No. 141 (old) corresponding to new S. No. 143 of meerpet village from