( 1 ) THIS group of petitions is filed against the order dated 30/05/1987 passed by the District Judge, Bhavnagar in various appeals filed before him under Sec. 9 of the Gujarat Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the Public premises Act ).

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to the present controversy may now be shortly stated. The petitioner is a board, i. e. , the Housing Board constituted under sec. 3 of the Gujarat Housing Board Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Housing Board Act ). The respondent in each petition is an allottee of a tenament either in Middle Income Group (MIG for short) or in Lower income Group (LIG for short) Scheme of Housing Board at Bhavnagar. It is the case of the petitioner-Board that the allottees had not paid rent equivalent to amount of instalments due and payable under the agreement to sell entered into between the Housing Board on one hand and the allottees who are tenants of the Board on the other hand. Since the instalments of several months were not paid by them, they were liable to be evicted under Sec. 4 (i) (a) of the Public Premises Act. An officer on Special Duty was appointe