Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—Heard Sri R.B. Singhal, Sri Pradeep Kumar Bhardwaj, Sri R.K. Mishra, Sri B.D. Mishra, Sri Sharad Mandhyan, Sri Manoj Pathak, Sri Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Rajendra Kumar Mishra, Sri V.K. Mishra, Sri Abhishek Mayank, Harish Chandra Mishra, Sri Javed Habib, Sri B.M. Singh, Sri Syed Mahmood, Sri Ashfaq Ahmad Ansari, Sri Anil Kumar Aditya and Sri Triveni Shanker, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners. Sri V.K. Singh has been heard for respective Land Management Committees and learned Standing counsel has been heard for the State.

2. All the above writ petitions raise similar issues, which have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

3. Learned counsel for the parties have agreed that writ petitions be finally decided. Counter affidavit has been filed by learned Standing Counsel in Writ Petition No. 4095 of 2008 to which rejoinder affidavit has also been filed, the said writ petition is being treated as leading writ petition.

4. All the above writ petitions can be conveniently grouped in three different categories. The first group of the writ petitions are Writ Petition Nos. 4095 of 2008, 7146 of 2008, 7160 of 2008, 7