B.S. Patil, J.

1. These writ petitions arise between the same parties. The land involved in these writ petitions is the same. Writ Petition No. 42727/2013 arises out of an order passed by the Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru District, Bengaluru, under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Land) Act, 1978 (for short, 'the PTCL Act') whereas, Writ Petition Nos. 19997-98/2013 arises out of the proceedings initiated under Section 79-A and Section 80 of the Land Reforms Act, culminating in the order passed by the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (for short, 'KAT').

2. W.P. No. 42727/2013 is filed by one Mr. Shivapal challenging the order dated 06.08.2013 passed by the Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru District, Bengaluru, thereby allowing the separate appeals filed by Sri V. Ramaprasad and Sri Kishore Nagarwal under Section 5A of the PTCL Act thereby setting aside the order dated 11.07.2015 of the Assistant Commissioner, Bengaluru North Sub-Division, Bengaluru.

3. The Assistant Commissioner had ordered for resumption and restoration of 2 acres of land comprised in Sy. No. 30 situated in Kadiganahalli Village, Jala Hobli, Bengaluru North (Addi