ORDER : These are four writ petitions under Art. 326 of the Constitution of India, directed against the consolidated order of the Board of Revenue, dated the 18th of December, 1963 and the prayer is for the quashing of the latter order. As these writ petitions raise a common question, they are disposed of by a single order for the sake of convenience.

2. The facts leading up to these petitions are these. M/s. Ratna Sugar Mills Company, the petitioner, acquired 44.94 acres of land in village Takha West, Tahsil Shahganj, district Jaunpur. Out of the aforesaid area 31.34 acres were purchased in 1933, 8.52 acres in 1936 and 5.8 acres in 1953 under the Land Acquisition Act and on this land the petitioner's Sugar Factory stands. In the year 1951 the petitioner acquired the land measuring 277.08 acres situate in village Argupur Kalan also in Tahsil Shahganj, district Jaunpur. According to the petitioner, the laud acquired which is the subject-matter of the dispute in tin's petition was for setting up a factory for the production of paper, pulp, etc. and for the said purpose the licence was granted by the Government of India. The letter from the Under Secretary to Government of India, dated

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