1. The common 4th respondent in these original petitions filed under Art.226 of the Constitution, is the Film Line Corporation, a partnership firm with two partners namely, Sivasakaran Nair and his wife. The petitioners in O. P. Nos. 3306/ 77, 4845/1977 and the minor son of the petitioner in O. P. 4859 of 1977 are owners in possession of certain lands in Sy. Nos. 495 and 496 of Cheruvakkal Village of Trivandrum District and these lands lie adjacent to about 40 cents of land belonging to Sivasankara Nair. The 4th respondent on 25-12-69 submitted an application to the State Government for allotment of a suitable land for the purpose of setting up a "Film Studio cum House of Culture Apparently, the State Government did not respond to this request. On 22-10-1974, he submitted another petition to the State Government stating that in the 40 cents of land he has put up certain constructions required for studio complex and nine acres of land very near this plot is available for acquisition and immediate occupation and requested that the land may be acquired for the purpose mentioned. He sought acquisition of 2.55 acres in Sy. No. 495 and 1.45 acres in Sy. No 496. The request wa