ACHAKYA, J.

( 1 ) O. J. CS. 407 and 408 of 1976 have been filed by Kanhialal Sarda, son of late baijnath Sarda. By these two writ petitions the petitioner seeks for a direction from this Court to the State of Orissa (Opp. Party No. 1) in the Mining and geology Department to execute a formal deed of lease in respect of the areas separately described in paragraph 1 of each of these two writ petitions, in favour of the petitioner in his capacity as the executor of the estate of late baijnath Sarda, as appointed by the latter by his last will.

( 2 ) O. J. CS. 1526 and 1527 of 1978 have been filed by Sundarlal Sarda, the other son of late Baijnath Sarda, The petitioner in these two writ petitions in effect prays for an order or direction of this Court calling upon the State of Orissa (Opp. Party No. 1) to execute a formal deed of lease in favour of the petitioner in his representative capacity representing all the heirs and legal descendants of the recorded lessee and in terms of the order of the Central Government dated the 17th December, 1968 and the direction of this Court in O. J. Cs. 30, 123 and 124 of 1965,

( 3 ) ALL the above-mentioned 4 O. J. Cs, were taken up together for hea