( 1 ) RENEWAL of Nazul land leases of Civil Lines, Allahabad, sprawled over an area of approximately 662 acres, one of the poshest localities of the town, renowned for its quiet serenity, famous for its, till recently, sophisticated looking marketing centre, inhabited by Judges, Lawyers, doctors, educationists, journalists, businessmen and now by a neo-rich class as well with no ostensible means but affluent and powerful, least but no less important out-house dwellers with no right or title but vote bank, has been eluding solution for more than two decades now. If the first phase beginning from March, 1959, when government issued order laying down conditions for renewal of leases, came to an end in April, 1965 when government directed the District Magistrate to renew leases of those who complied with modified conditions was marked with representations and objections by lease-holders Association to what appeared to them to be unreasonable restrictions on right of alienation and demand of exhorbitant rate of ground rent and premium then the second and third phases namely, from 1965 to 1976 and 1976 to 1981 were marked with spurt of legislations and government orders d