Surendra Mohan, J.

These appeals are all directed against the judgment dated 03.04.2018 of the learned Single Judge finally disposing of three Writ Petitions and a contempt case. The contempt case has been closed as per the judgment and there is no appeal against the said portion of the judgment. W.A.No.1166 of 2018 arises out of W.P.(C) No.13549 of 2014 while W.A.No.1156 of 2018 arises out of W.P.(C) No.7511 of 2018 and W.A.No.1178 of 2018 arises out of W.P(C) 39371 of 2017. All the appeals are filed by the respective Writ Petitioners. The Writ Petitioners are conducting quarries spread over Government land as well as private land owned by them. The quarrying operations on the Government land are conducted on the strength of leases issued to them. W.A.No.1166 of 2018 is treated as the leading case and the parties and the documents produced are referred to in the manner in which they are described in the said case, unless otherwise indicated.

2. There are two appellants in W.A.No.1166 of 2018, one of them is a private limited company and the other a partnership firm. They have been conducting two quarries at Ayyampuzha village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District. They are in p