JUDGMENT :

1. Since both the writ petitions arise out of a common judgment, therefore they are being heard and decided finally by this common order.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

3. The present writ petitions have been filed against the order dated 24.10.1997 passed by the Commissioner (Colonization), Bikaner and the order dated 30.06.1999 passed by the Board of Revenue, Rajasthan, Ajmer, whereby the revision petitions filed by the petitioners were dismissed.

4. Briefly, the facts noted in the present writ petitions are that the petitioners, being the bonafide agriculturists and residents of State of Rajasthan by way of filing an application applied for allotment of land as per Rule 13-A of the Rajasthan Colonization (Allotment and Sale of the Government Land in the Indira Gandhi Canal Colony Area), Rules, 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Rules of 1975’). Considering the petitioners eligible for allotment of land, the respondents vide orders dated 29.12.1993 & 25.08.1993 allowed the application of the petitioners and allotted 24.5 Bighas and 25 Bighas of land to the petitioners respectively.

5. After allotment of the land, the petitioners were handed over the possession