JUDGMENT :

S. Sunil Dutt Yadav, J.

These writ petitions have been filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by the petitioners being aggrieved by the Official Memorandum No. /09:2017-2018 dated 06.06.2017 (Annexure-J) issued by the second respondent Deputy Commissioner, Chikkaballapur District, Chikkaballapur and by the Public Auction Notification in No./04/2017-18 dated 13.06.2017 (Annexure-K) issued by the fourth respondent City Municipal Council, Chikkaballapur and have sought for the issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned notifications.

2. The petitioners state that they are petty traders carrying on their trade as tenants in shops constructed near the old Bus Stand of Chikkaballapur City by the erstwhile Town Municipal Council, now known as the City Municipal Council, Chikkaballapur. They state that they were allotted shops measuring approximately 10 ft. X 15 ft. on lease on monthly tenancy by the respondent No.4 about 20 years back. They further state that they were paying rents to the City Municipal Council, which has been admitted by the respondents and evidenced by relevant register entries which have been placed on record.

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