( 1 ) THESE four petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India are directed against four orders of the Land Tribunal, Shimoga District, Shimoga, passed in its proceedings. (i) No. LRF (T) KMH-23/74-75 dt. 27-12-76 (ii) No. LRF (T) KMN-17/74-75 dt. 27-12-76 (iii) No. LRF (T) KMH-18/74-75 dt. 6-1-77 and (iv) No. LRF (T) K. MN-14/74-75 dt. 27-12-76. (Exhibits 'd' to 'g') respectively.

( 2 ) THE lands involved in these cases are situated in a village called Kommanal, shimoga Taluk. The writ petitioners filed applications before the Tribunal separately in form No. 7 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, (the Act) claiming occupancy rights in respect of the lands mentioned in their applications. Gangamma, Nanjundappa, and Parameshwarappa who had been arrayed as opponents before the Tribunal Contested the claims of these petitioners stating that the lands in question were Patel Umbli lands; they were the real hakdars ; that the lands have not been regranted to them under the Karnataka Village offices Abolition Act, 1961, (the Act of 1961); and that therefore, the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to consider the claims of the applicants. They wanted the (petitioners)

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