Natarajan, J.

1. These writ Petitions and Writ Appeals have been filed by Messrs. Indian Rare Earths Limited, a company wholly owned by the Government of India, for seeking reliefs in the awards passed by the Subordinate Judge of Padmanabhapuram in references made to him under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. The writ petitions have been filed for issue of Writ of certiorari to quash the awards passed by the Subordinate Judge in forty-nine original petitions taken on file under Section 18 of' the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act.) The writ appeals have been filed against the orders passed by a learned single Judge of this Court in twelve cases vacating earlier orders of stay relating to deposit of enhanced compensation amounts.

2. The writ petitions and the writ appeals have come to be filed in the following circumstances: The petitioner company is a public limited company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 and wholly owned by the Government of India, Its main objects are to process beach raw sands for producing rare minerals like limenite, monazite, zireon, rutile, sillimanite, etc. required for the purposes of atomic energy. The