( 1 ) IN all these petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, the petitioner is the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Bangalore (hereinafter referred to as the 'board' ). The Respondent 1 in each one of these petitions is a different person who has obtained permission to convert agricultural lands for non-agricultural purposes viz. , for construction of buildings. Respondents 2 to 5 are common to all these petitions. They are : The Special Deputy Commissioner Bangalore. The Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore, (for short the 'tribunal') The State of Karnataka and The D. L. F. Universals Ltd. , New Delhi.

( 2 ) THE petitioner has sought for a declaration that the provisions contained in sub-sec. (5) of S. 95 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964) (hereinafter referred to as the 'act') are unconstitutional being violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution. In addition to this, the petitioner has sought for quashing the orders produced as Annexures-A to Y, in W. P. Nos. 19919 to 19954/82. The prayer made in W. P. Nos. 21172 to 21177/1982 is included in the prayer made in W. P. Nos. 19919 to 19954/82 inasmuch as Annexu