1. This Court ordered notice of motion to the respondents and the respondents have also filed a counter, besides produced the documents.

2. Common arguments were addressed by the learned counsel for petitioners as well as Mr. D. Murugesan, Special Government Pleader and Mrs. T. Kokilavani, Government Advocate for the respondents. It is sufficient to refer to the facts relation to one of the writ petitions.

3. W.P.Nos. 15883, 15884, 11952, 11953, 12495, 12496, 12497,12498, 15499 to 15510 of 1997 relate to deeds of conveyance executed in favour of the writ petitioners and they have been respectively registered as deeds of sale by the third respondent as document 3159, 3166, 3170, 3158, 3161, 3169, 3171, 3162, 3178, 3177, 3175, 3174, 3173, 3172, 3168, 3167, 3160, 3165, 3164 and 3163 of 1995. Admittedly, the registration of these documents has been completed.

4. W.P. No. 13660 of 1997 relates to a deed of compromise in respect of P. No. 55 of 1997.

5. W.P.Nos. 15885, 15886, 12589, 12590, 12591, 12592, 12593, 12594, 12640, 12648, 12649, 12650, 12651 of 1997 respectively relate to deeds of release registered as document Nos. 1238, 1250, 1241,1255, 1253, 1248, 1242, 1240, 1237,