( 1 ) THESE writ petitions are preferred against certain acquisition of lands made under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short "the l. a. act") for the Karnataka state judicial department employees' house building co-operative society limited, high court building, Bangalore. The first two of these writ petitions are filed styling to be public interest litigation by two practising advocates of this court and the third one is filed by an owner of a piece of land involved in the acquisition.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of these writ petitions can'be stated thus the Karnataka state judicial department employees' house building co-operative society (in short "the society") was registered under the Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act, 1959 on 11-8-1983. It seems the members of the society includes the members of the judicial department, members of the subordinate judiciary and also certain sitting, transferred and retired judges of this court. It seems the society originally made an agreement with individual owners for purchase of land, but ultimately it decided to request the government to initiate proceedings for acquiring the lands under the land