Ram Mohan Reddy, J.

1. Petitioners have assailed the common order dated 29-9-2012, Annexure-Z of the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (for short, 'KAT') dismissing the appeals and revision petitions and confirming the common order dated 29-9-2006 of the Special Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru District, in Case Nos. LND (S) CR-237(1) to 237(201)/1990-91 declaring 572 acres 6 guntas of lands in Sy. No.1 of Kadugodi Plantation as belonging to the State to be resumed and cancel the names of the petitioners in the record of rights and enter the name of the State. Facts briefly stated as pressed into service by the petitioners are:

(a) Land measuring 572 acres 6 guntas from out of 677 acres 3 guntas comprised in Sy. No. 1 of Kadugodi Village, Bidarahalli Hobli, Bengaluru South Taluk, was with the Forest Department of the State prior to 1950, whence, by Government Order No. AF 2715, dated 19-6-1950 stood transferred to the Revenue Department, which, allotted the entire extent of land to Kadugodi Samoohika Vyavasaya Seva Sahakara Sangha (for short, 'KSVSSS'), for joint farming and cultivation by its members, said to belong to scheduled caste, an economically backward group. Members of KSVS