JUDGMENT :

This Court, vide common oral judgment dated 10.10.2022, has disposed of writ petitions being Special Civil Application nos.2908 of 2014 and allied matters. The group of captioned writ petitions being identical, barring date of the orders passed by the revenue authorities, are also being disposed of by this common order.

2. Issue rule, returnable forthwith. Mr J.K. Shah, learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of rule on behalf of the respondents.

3. By these petitions, inter alia, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners, are seeking quashing and setting aside of the order dated 28.7.2014 passed by the Deputy Collector, Tharad as well as order dated 5.3.2016 passed by the Collector, Banaskantha at Palanpur whereby, the order of the Deputy Collector, directing vesting of the land in the State Government, has been confirmed.

4. Tersely stated are the facts as culled out from the lead matter being Special Civil Application no.7557 of 2016; except the villages and survey numbers, the facts involved in rest of the petitions are almost identical.

4.1. The ancestors of the petitioners were refugees and were allotted land situated at surv