JUDGMENT :

GEETHA K.B., J.

Appellants-claimants are before this Court in this appeal filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 questioning the order passed in WP No.30897/2002 dated 20.11.2007 by the learned Single Judge in allowing the writ petition where under the order of Land Tribunal (in short, Tribunal) dated 29.06.2002 was in question.

2. The parties shall be referred to as per the rank they hold before this Court in writ appeal.

3. The husband of first appellant and father of appellants No.1, 2 and 3, one Jambanahalli Hanumanthappa claims that he was tenant of Sy.No.277/A/1 measuring 2 acres 91 cents situated at Amaravathi village, Hospete Taluk under respondent No.4 the owner of said property and he was tenant since 30 years. Both the husband of first appellant and respondent No.4 have filed rival applications in Form No.1 for grant of occupancy rights in respect of said property before the Tribunal. Respondent No.3 claimed to be the owner of the land in dispute and respondent No.4 is the rival claimant whose application filed in Form No.1 was rejected by the Tribunal by its order dated 29.06.2002. However, learned Single Judge set aside the same and direct