In these writ petitions the petitioners have prayed for a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the preliminary notification dated 8-4-2003 as per Annexure – D and the final notification dated 9-9-2003 as per Annexure – E.

2. Petitioners contend that they are the allottees of sites under the scheme called “ Allotment of House Sites to the Families of Landless Workers in Rural Areas” Pursuant to the Government direction dated 13-5-1972 as per Annexure – A. According to the petitioners the sites allotted to them are in Survey Nos. 38 and 39 of the Giddadakonenahalli, Yeshwanthpur Hobli, Banglore North Taluk. According to the petitioners, they are in possession and enjoyment of these sites and some of them have put up constructions and they are residing with their families. When the matter stood at that stage, the respondents issued a preliminary notification as per Annexure – D and final notification as per Annexure – E acquiring the entire land in Survey Nos. 38 and 39. Some other site owners in these survey numbers questioned these preliminary and final notifications before this Court in W.P. Nos. 17026 to 17033 of 2008. Learned Single Judge of this Court vide order d