(1.) R. B. Mehrotra, J. In these Kashipur district Nainital is under bunch of petitions, the judgment of challenge. Since all the writ petitions the Commissioner, Kumaun Division, have challenged the common order Nainital, dated 14th January, 1992 passed by the Commissioner, Kumaun determining the ceiling area under Division, Nainital in ceiling appeals the U. P. Imposition of Ceiling on filed by M/s. Escorts Farms Land Holdings Act, I960 of M/s. (Ramgarh) Ltd. and its transfers all Escorts Farms (Ramgarh) Ltd., the writ petitions can be conveniently decided by a common judgment. The counsel for various petitioners have urged some special features in some of the writ petitions, which will be dealt with separately in this judgment.

(2.) FOR convenience, the aforesaid writ petitions can be grouped in three categories. In the 1st category comprises the main writ petition being Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 12024 of 1992 filed by M/s. Escorts Farms (Ramgarh) Ltd. Kashipur, Nainital, which will be treated as the leading case in the present controversy, as the controversy in all the bunch of the writ petitions revolves round the points raised by M/s. Escorts Farms (Ramgarh) Ltd.,