ORDER

R.K. Pattanaik, J. - Instant writ petitions under Article(s) 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 have been filed by the Petitioner assailing the legality and judicial propriety of the impugned order dated 9th May, 2011 (Annexure-3) passed in Lease Revision Case Nos.538, 553, 554, 563, 564, 565, 566 and 567 of 1998 by the learned Additional District Magistrate, Bhubaneswar (OP No.2), who cancelled the leases granted in favour of the original lessees vis-a-vis the lands subsequently transferred in her favour on the grounds inter alia that it is bad in law and therefore, liable to be set aside.

2. Since the parties are same and common question of law is involved, all the writ petitions have been clubbed together for disposal by the following common order.

3. In above the cases, the leases were granted under the provisions of the Orissa Government Land Settlement Act, 1962 (here-in-after referred to as 'the OGLS Act') vide W.L. Case Nos.562, 577, 578, 587, 588, 589, 590 and 591 of 1975. The Petitioner appears to have purchased the leasehold lands either from the lessees or from their vendees and claimed to be in possession of the same ever since the respective purchases m