JUDGMENT - Dr. B.P. SARAF, J.:-These writ petitions arising out of the orders passed by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal in proceedings initiated under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as "the Tenancy Act") are between the same parties and involve identical questions of law and fact. As such, all these petitions are taken up together for hearing and disposal.

2. Writ Petition No. 1429 of 1983 :--The petitioners are tenants of a plot of land bearing Survey No. 362/1 (Gat No. 983) admeasuring about 31 acres. The respondent is the landlady. The Additional Tahsildar and Agricultural Lands Tribunal started inquiry under section 32-G of the Tenancy Act in respect of the above land and after hearing the parties, by order dated 7th June, 1975, fixed the purchase price of the said land. Aggrieved by the above order, the landlady applied to the Deputy Collector and Special Land Acquisition Officer (hereinafter referred to as "the Appellate Authority"). Before the Appellate Authority, it was contended by the landlady that the land in question was leased out to the tenants for sugarcane cultivation and, as such, in view of the special provisions conta

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