( 1 ) ALL the writ petitions can be disposed of by a common judgment, since the questions of law raised in all these writ petitions is one and the same.

( 2 ) FOR the sake of convenience and to appreciate the events leading to the filing of the respective writ petitions, brief facts are narrated hereunder: in all these writ petitions, Sree Pancha murthy Co-op. House Building Society limited is the writ petitioner. WP No. 11200 of 1998 was filed seeking writ of mandamus declaring an extent of 5 acres of land held by the petitioner in s. No. 129 of 105 now treated as a part of ts No. 1/1/1, Block-H, Ward No. 10 of shaikpet Village, Golconda Mandal, hyderabad District as having been handed over to the 5th respondent A. P. State Non-Resident Indians Re-Investment Corporatin limited, Hyderabad (hereinafter called as anrich) as illegal and without jurisdiction and for consequential direction not to disturb the petitioners from the enjoyment of the aforesaid lands. Writ Petition No. 19297 of 1998 was filed by the same society seeking writ of mandamus to consider the application of the petitioner for grant of lay out dated 15-4-1998 and 16-6-1998 and sanction the same in