B. S. KAPADIA, N. H. BHATT, J.

( 1 ) THESE 17 matters are taken up together because of the common question pertaining to the interpretation of sec. 20 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act. being Act No. 33 of 1976 but ceiling factual situations make us divide these petitions into three groups. First 9 matters out of the serial numbers mentioned at the top of this judgment simplicitor deal with only one point namely whether the Government before rejecting an application for exemption under sec. 20 (1) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976 hereinafter referred to as the Act for brevitys sake is bound to give audience to the person who has applied for exemption. In the next six matters commencing from the Special Civil Application No. 2895/83 mentioned at the to of this judgment the above question is certainly there but there is one additional point also that was canvassed by the petitioners of these six petitions. They allege that the rejection of their applications was bad for ant of any opportunity of audience having been extended to them but those rejections were bad also on the ground that the Government had brought to bear on their mind extraneous consider

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