1. These petitions are heard and disposed of together. The legal issues arising for consideration are similar.

2. The facts as stated in the petitions may be restated briefly as follows:-

W.P. No. 38868-38870 of 2015

The petitioners are said to be owners of lands bearing survey No. 185 and portions of lands bearing survey No. 176 and 183/1, measuring 8 acres 26 guntas and 1 acre 33 guntas, respectively, of Dattagalli, Kasaba hobli, Mysore Taluk and District. These lands, apart from lands belonging to several others, were said to have been notified for acquisition, for the formation of a residential layout, Dattagalli Extension, by recourse to the provisions of the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act, 1987, (Hereinafter referred to as the KUDA Act for brevity). A notification under Section 17(1) of the KUDA Act was said to have been issued and duly published in the Karnataka Gazette, dated 26.12.1991. Thereafter, a notification under Section 19(1) and (2) of the KUDA Act, was also said to have been issued and duly published in the Karnataka Gazette on 7.1.1993.

The petitioners