JUDGMENT

Gaurang Kanth, J.

1. This Court, vide the present common judgment, intends to dispose of (i) W.P.(C) No. 2728/2018 titled as `Mrs. Roseline Wilson & Ors v. ASI & Ors.' and (ii) W.P.(C) No. 8203/2018 titled as `Luice. M. Jacob v. UOI & Ors.'. In both these Writ Petitions, the Petitioners are challenging the eviction orders passed by the Archaeological Survey of India (`ASI'). Vide the impugned eviction orders, ASI sought to evict the Petitioners from the Government land which forms part of D'Eremao Cemetery, Kishan Ganj, Delhi, a centrally protected monument, which is declared of national importance vide Notification No. 7331 dated 13.12.1922 and published in the Gazette of India on 23.12.1922.

2. In W.P.(C) No. 2728/2018 titled as `Mrs. Roseline Wilson & Ors v. ASI & Ors.', the Petitioners (63 in numbers) have assailed the order dated 05.03.2018 bearing F.No. 33/35/2015-M (Pt.) (`Impugned Eviction Order-1') issued by ASI. In W.P.(C) No. 8203/2018 titled as `Lucie M. Jacob v. UOI & Ors.' the Petitioner is praying for quashing of the eviction order dated 01.05.2018, bearing F.No.33/39/2014-M (`Impugned Eviction Order-2'), issued by ASI. Vide the Impugned Eviction Orders, AS