JUDGMENT - Dr. SARAF B.P., J.:— All these 73 Writ Petitions are directed against the common judgment and order of the IIIrd Additional District Judge, Dhule, dated 27th August, 1990, setting aside the order, dated 7 March, 1987, passed by the trial Court Judge, granting temporary injunction in favour of the petitioner.

2. The facts of the case, briefly stated are as under :

All the 73 writ petitioners are possessing tenements belonging to the Municipal Council, Dhule. These tenements are used for carrying on petty business. According to the petitioners, they are in possession of those tenements and are carrying on the business there for the last 20 years. The petitioners also contend that they have got licence from the Municipal Council, Dhule under the Shops and Establishments Act for carrying on their business in the tenements in question. It is also submitted that they are paying taxes to the Municipal Council from time to time. The petitioners had also obtained loans from banks for their business. On 1st March, 1987, some officers of the Municipal Council, Dhule along with a number of workers having come to the premises of the petitioners for demolition of the same on the groun

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