JUDGMENT :

SANJEEV KUMAR, J.

1. By a common order and judgment dated 19.09.2019, two writ petitions i.e. OWP Nos. 494/2018 and 929/2018, one filed by Avtar Singh and Vinod Sharma and the other filed by Satpal Sharma and three others, have been dismissed by a Single Bench of this Court. Feeling dissatisfied and aggrieved, the writ petitioners have filed two separate Letters Patent Appeals i.e. LPA Nos. 236/2019 and 284/2019 which are being disposed of by this common order and judgment.

2. Before we advert to the grounds of challenge urged by the appellants (writ-petitioners), we deem it appropriate to give brief resume of factual antecedents, leading to filing of these appeals.

3. The dispute, which was subject matter of adjudication in the twin writ petitions, relates to a building being House No. 1, Pacca Danga, Jammu. The appellants before us are the old tenants in the shops on the ground floor of the said building which is owned by respondent No. 5. As per the appellants, respondent No. 5 for the past some time had been pressing upon them and other tenants in the building to vacate the premises under their occupation, so that he could rent out these shops to the new tenants for high