The petitioners are questioning the intimation letters issued by the Assistant Executive Engineer of Karnataka Slum Development Board directing them to vacate their homes/huts in Jai Bhuvaneshwari nagar slum area. They are directed to occupy and shift to the houses constructed in Kudlu Village for the purpose of rehabilitating them.

2. Sri Vivek S. Reddy, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners in Writ Petition Nos.2407524117/2014, 2218422191/2014 and 2559125646/2014 submits that the premises constructed at Kudlu Village are in dilapidated condition. They are unfit for human occupation. The buildings in Kudlu village have developed the cracks, plasting is peeling off, minimum quantity of cement is used and the external and internal walls are very weak. The structural engineer has given the report to the effect that it is not advisable to stay there. He has also produced the photographs to support his submission that the quality of construction is poor. The buildings in Kudlu Village are so weak that it is not safe for the petitioners to reside there.

3. Sri Vivek Reddy submits that the newspapers have also been reporting that the quality of construction of buildings