( 1 ) A short but an important question of law of general importance which arises for consideration and resolution in these three Writ Petitions is that whether it is permissible in law for the Governmental authorities to resume the lands granted to the landless poor persons in Form d Patta (Appendix. V) under Standingorder (S. O.) No. 15 of the Andhra Pradesh Board of Revenue Standing Orders for the purpose of allotting the same to a Cooperative Society for establishing an additional Milk Processing Plant (Dairy) by virtue of power reserved for them either under Condition 17 of the Conditions of the said Form d Patta or under Section 4 (1) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, hereinafter shortly referred to as the Act . This question arises in the following facts-situation of these cases.

( 2 ) ONE Smt. C. Rajamma is the petitioner in W. P. No. 1861 of 1994; C. Chandrasekhara Reddy alias Chandra Reddy is the petitioner in W. P. No. 1290 of 1994 and Smt. Chandraiahgari Guramma and Smt. Chandraiahgari Chandramma are the petitioners in W. P. No. 1640 of 1994.

( 3 ) AC. O. 79 cents of land in Sy. No. 5/4 and Ac. 3. 52 cents of