Ali Mohd. Magrey, J.

1. These two writ petitions have been filed by the same set of petitioners one after the other. They were licensees of the shops located in a building belonging to the Government Estates Department situated at Magarmal Bagh, Srinagar, abreast the General Road, namely, Jehangir-Chowk - Indira Gandhi Airport Road. This is borne out by the orders issued by Deputy Director, Estates, Kashmir, Srinagar, in the years 2012 and 2013, copies whereof have been appended to SWP No. 156/2013, as Annexures A1 to A6. The building, having come in the alignment of the Project, Jehangir-Chowk - Ram Bagh Expressway (Flyover) Corridor, being executed by Jammu and Kashmir Reconstruction Agency (for short, ERA) which is funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB), is required to be demolished. The construction of Expressway (Flyover) Corridor has been perceived to be one of the most important projects of general public importance and interest in the city of Srinagar. The petitioners were promised rehabilitation and allotment of accommodation in a building constructed by ERA for the purpose just opposite to the High Court Complex at an equally prime location, i.e., the nook of the