( 1 ) THESE appeals which involve the question of the legality of the grant of permission for conversion of vast areas of agricultural lands situate in the green belt area within the Bangalore city Planning area for non-agricultural use, are a glaring example to show how good cases for the Government are allowed to be lost before the Courts and public Interest is allowed to suffer which could thereafter be attributed to decisions of the Court. 1a. These two Writ Appeals are by the Special Dy. Commissioner, Bangalore Dist, Bangalore and the State of Karnataka, by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, against the order of the Learned Single Judge dismissing the two Writ Petitions filed by them in which the validity of the order of the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal had been challenged by the appellants.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case, in brief, are as follows :

Smt. Bhargavi Madhavan, one of the respondents in the appeals, is the owner of 15 acres 15 guntas of land in Sy. No. 19 of Guni Agrahara Village, Hersaraghatta Hobli, Bangalore North taluk, Bangalore District. She had made an application seeking permission for conversion of the aforesaid land