Jasbir Singh, J.

1. This judgment will dispose of nine petitions, i.e., Civil Writ Petitions No. 2272 of 2003 (O&M), 472 of 2003, 8968 of 2003, 2912 of 2003, 17866 of 1999, 3364 of 2002, 9179 of 2002, 8671 of 2008 and also CWP No. 13012 of 2006. The petitioners in all the cases except CWP No. 13012 of 2006 are in unauthorised occupation of rural/ urban evacuee /agricultural land/ property and they are claiming its allotment to them in terms of the policy decision of the State of Haryana dated November 1, 2001 (P-3). However, in CWP No. 13012 of 2006, the petitioners belong to a weaker section of the society. Their prayer is to quash the State Governments policy , stated above, on a ground that allotment of land to the unauthorised occupants under the policy would amount to giving premium to them and it will be against the principles of Rule of law and natural justice. It is their further prayer that as per their representation, land be allotted to them for earning their livelihood.

2. Background of the litigation:

At the time of independence of the country in the year 1947, many Muslim land owners migrated from this part of the country to Pakistan and vice versa. The land l