Writ Appeal Nos.1159 to 1166 of 2009 are filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh (the ‘State’); Writ Appeal Nos.1306 to 1313 of 2009 are by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and W.P. No.29063 of 2009 is by five individuals. The eight appeals each filed by the State and the HMDA are against the common judgment dated 02-06-2009 in W.P.Nos.3421 of 2008, 12928 of 2008, 3750 of 2009, 22619 of 2007, 7747 of 2008, 10084 of 2006, 8761 of 2008 and 6425 of 2009; and the writ petition is by five individuals challenging memo No.1640/J.A1/03-09, Revenue Department, dated 21-05-2005 (the ‘impugned memo’), passed by the Principal Secretary (Revenue) of the State. It is this memo which was set aside by the learned single Judge, against which the sixteen (16) appeals are preferred.

2. Several individuals filed eight writ petitions challenging the validity of the memo dated 21-05-2005 and in two of the writ petitions (W.P.Nos.22619 of 2007 and 7747 of 2008), the order of the State in G.O.Ms. No.1084, dated 06-06-2005 (issued in exercise of the powers under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908) was additionally challenged. Details of the reliefs sought in the several