ORDER:

1. In these batch of writ petitions, the constitutional validity of Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Act, 2011, which has come into force with effect from 20.10.2014 by Karnataka 38/2014 (for short ‘KLGP Act 2011’) has been challenged.

ADVOCATES FOR PETITIONERS:

2. We have heard Sriyuths Ashok Harnahalli for P.N. Manmohan, G. Krishnamurthy for Aparna N., K. Chandrakanth Patil and R. Purushotham, D.N. Nanjunda Reddy for Prakash T. Hebbar, N. Devhadass for M. Veerabhadraiah, Uday Holla for Mohumed Sadiqh B.A., M.B. Anirudh, B. M.Mohan Kumar, K. Shashikiran Shetty for Latha S. Shetty, P.S. Rajagopal for R. Badrinath, Jayakumar S. Patil for Shahul Hameed and Vikar Ahmed, Ian Issidore Prakash Lewis, Dayanand S. Patil, Hashmath Pasha for Nasir Ali, K.G. Raghavan for Dua Associates, learned Senior Advocates appearing for petitioners; Sriyuths S. Ajesh kumar, J.M. Rajanna Setty, D.R. Ravishankar. B. Amarnath, M.R. Rajagopal, Sunil Rao for T. Sheshagiri Rao, Siddharth B. Muchandi, Prakash T. Hebbar, B.R. Krishna, Sreeshail Navalgund, R. Bhadrinath. S.G. Bhagavan, Narayana Swamy