1. - This writ petition has been submitted questioning the legality of the letters/orders dated 24.2.2005 and 19.8.2004 (placed on record collectively as Annexure-2) whereby a patta issued to the petitioners by the Gram Panchayat, Lohawat B.B. On 28.10.1999 is purported to be cancelled.

2. By the letter dated 24.2.2005, the Sarpanch of the said Gram Panchayat has informed the petitioners that the patta granted to them had been cancelled by the Panchayati Raj Department. The said letter reads thus, -

"vkidks viuk iV~Vk la@46 fely la0 60@1995&1996 tks 28-10-1999 dks xzke iapk;r yksgkoV }kjk tkjh fd;k x;k Fkk mijksDr iV~Vs dks iapk;rh jkt foHkkx t;iqj ds i= dzekad 2311 fnukad 19-8-2004 }kjk fujLr fd;k gSA fujLr ds vkns'k dh QksVks izfr lkFk layXu dj vkidks lwfpr fd;k tkrk gS fd vki dk mijksDr iV~Vk fujLr gSA ftldh lwpuk vkidks izsf"kr dh tkrh gSA ;g uksfVl vkt fnukad 24-2-2005 dks dk;kZy; ,oa esjh eksgj ls tkjh fd;k x;k gSA"

3. The letter/order dated 19.8.2004 that has been endorsed with the aforesaid letter dated 24.2.2005 and whereby the patta has allegedly been cancelled is a letter emanating from the Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Rajasthan and is addressed to the