( 1 ) THE order in this Special Civil Application shall also decide the connected matters in which common questions of law have been raised.

( 2 ) THE petitioners question the constitutional validity of Section 3 (1) (a) and Section 4 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 (Hereinafter referred to as `the Repealing Act, 1999 ).

( 3 ) THE Repealing Act, 1999 is enacted by the Parliament on 22-3-1999 wherein by Section 2, the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 has been repealed.

( 4 ) THE Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 shall hereinafter be referred to as the `repealed Act, 1976.

( 5 ) FOR the purpose of considering the several grounds urged on behalf of the petitioners in assailing the provisions of the Repealing Act, 1999, it is necessary to examine the scheme of the relevant provisions of the Repealed Act, 1976.

( 6 ) THE preamble contains the Objects and Reasons for enacting and enforcing the Repealed Act, 1976 and the said preamble reads as under:-"an Act to provide for the imposition of a ceiling on vacant land in urban agglomerations, for the acquisition of such land in excess of the ceiling limit to regulate