T.S.Thakur, J.

1. Common questions of law arise for consideration in this bunch of six petitions, four out of which assail the validity of an improvement scheme and consequent acquisition proceedings nearly 27 years after the scheme was sanctioned by the State Government. What adds an interesting dimension to the controversy is that during the intervening period, the State Government has piermitted Change of Land Use qua a portion of the land covered by the scheme which change has been assailed by the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 893 of 2007 filed in public interest on the ground that the same is fraudulent and an abuse of the powers vested in the authorities concerned. The said petition accordingly assails not only the validity of orders passed by the authorities permitting Change of Land Use but even the relaxation of the Building Bye-Laws granted in favour of M/s. R.P. Empires Pvt. Ltd. who claims to have acquired a piece of land measuring 19 Kanals out of a total of 51 Kanals and 14 Marias in Khasra No. 447 Min admittedly owned by Akhara Braham Buta, one of the respondents. The said company has in turn challenged the orders passed by the respondents by which the Chan