By this common judgment and order I propose to dispose of the aforesaid writ petitions as the facts and points of law involved in these cases are common.

2. In these Writ Petitions the petitioners have challenged Notifications dated 11-9-74, 10-9-85 and 25-10-85 and other Notifications issued by the Govt. of Assam notifying extension of the territory of Burachapari Reserve Forest and Kaziranga National Park as per the Schedule mentioned in those Notifications. Some of the petitioners have also challenged the cancellation of Grazing Permits and prayed for a direction to provide for alternative pasture ground for grazing their cattles.

3. In Civil Rule No. 1923/93 the petitioners have challenged the Notifications dated 13-6-85 and 3-8-89 and the impugned notice dated 9-12-92 issued by the Regional Forest Officer, Bagori by which petitioners were asked not to proceed with Tea Plantation in the area in question which was handed over to the Forest Department by the Revenue Department for the purpose of movement of wild lives to take shelter in the adjacent hills during the rainy and flood season. The case of the petitioners is that the petitioner Company has been running the Tea