ORDER :

1. Petitioners in this writ petition call in question an order dated 28.01.2019 passed by the Regional Commissioner, Kalaburagi whereby the lands belonging to the petitioners are sought to be forfeited in favour of the Government invoking the provisions of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 and the Enemy Property Act, 1968.

2. Adumbrated in brief the factual background facts as projected by the petitioners are as follows:

The petitioners are the owners of the following properties to the following extent:

Petitioner No. 1 purchased Sy. No. 1359/P1/6 measuring 9 acres 14 guntas, Sy. No. 1359/P1/7 measuring 3 acres and Sy. No. 1359/P1/8 measuring 6 acres 20 guntas, totally measuring 18 acres 34 guntas; Petitioner No. 2 purchased Sy. No. 1359/P1/4 measuring 3 acres 6 guntas and Sy. No. 1359/P1/5 measuring 12 acres 17 guntas, totally measuring 15 acres 23 guntas; Petitioner No. 3 purchased Sy. No. 1362/3 measuring 10 acres 28 guntas; Petitioner No. 4 purchased Sy. No. 1359/P1/1 measuring 3 acres 3 guntas, Sy. No. 1359/P1/2 measuring 9 acres 20 guntas and Sy. No. 13