1. Backdrop:-

1. Kodanad Estate represented by its Manager, is the petitioner in all the four writ petitions. The said Estate is situated within the Kodanad Village Panchayat coming under the Kothagiri Taluk, Nilgiris District. Within its sprawling 825 Acres, there are several buildings including servant quarters, guest houses, security quarters, godown, office buildings. The management of the present Estate came into possession of the Estate during February 1995 after purchasing the Estate from its erstwhile partners and re-constituting the partnership.

2. The erstwhile management of the Estate made an application to the Government for issuance of licences for constructing a residential building in Survey No. 168 (Field No. 4) Bancaad Division and also another residential building in Survey No. 159 (Warbrecan Division) at Kodanad Village, Kothagiri Panchayat Union, The Nilgiris District. The request of the erstwhile owner, Tmt. Radha Venkatachalam was placed before the Architectural and Aesthetic Aspects Committee [for short, AAA Committee]. The AAA Committee, in its meeting held on 13. 1995, recommended her request for grant of permission subject to the condition that