( 1 ) THE four writ petitions, particulars whereof have been given in the Schedule annexed hereto, raise identical questions of law and facts, and hence, have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common order. As illustrative of facts of all the cases, we may briefly narrate the facts of the D. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1328/89 (Narain v. State of Rajasthan and others ).

( 2 ) UNDER Rule 17 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970 (for short the Rules of 1970) read with provisions of Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Hold-ings Rules, 1973 (for short the Rules of 1973), the Allotting Authority (S. D. O. , Begun) proceeded to make allotment of excess ceiling land in favour of the petitioner. A meeting was fixed for this purpose on 3-6-1981, at which besides the S. D. O. , two members of the Advisory Committee namely Tehsildar, Begun and Sarpanch, Avalheda were also present. Since three members of the Advisory Committee were not present and the quorum was incomplete, the meeting was adjourned to 3 p. m. the same day. At the adjourned meeting, again the Allotting Au-thority and two members of the Advis