By consent, the writ petitions are taken up for final disposal. Since all the writ petitions have been filed seeking for an identical relief, they are taken up together.

2. The prayer in the writ petition is for a issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents to register the sale deed presented by the respective petitioners in respect of the lands Keelanatham Village, Palayamkottai Taluk.

.3. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petitions, the petitioners have made certain averments about the title of their vendor and about the fact that they have purchased the said property and presented the sale deed for registration. The grievance is that though formalities relating to registration of the document has been completed the respondent is refusing to return the document.

.According to the petitioners, the lands in question were subject matter of land acquisition proceedings for the purpose of a scheme promoted by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board. The said land acquisition proceedings came to be challenged by the land owner Indumathi and three others by filing W.P.No.35199 of 2003 and an order of interim stay was granted in the said writ petition on 012.