Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—These four writ petitions filed by Registered Housing Co-operative Societies raising common questions of facts and law have been heard together and are being decided by this common judgement.

2. Counter and rejoinder-affidavits have been exchanged in all the writ petitions, with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, we proceed to decide all the writ petitions finally.

3. The Writ Petition No. 48641 of 2007 (Ashyana Sahkari Awas Samiti Ltd. v. State Of U.P. Thru’ Principal Awas Vikas U.P. and others) is being treated as leading writ petition. It is sufficient to note the facts and pleadings in Writ Petition No. 48641 of 2007 to decide all the writ petitions.

4. The petitioner, in Writ Petition No. 48641 of 2007 (Ashyana Sahkari Awas Samiti Ltd. v. State Of U.P. Thru’ Principal Awas Vikas U.P. and others) is a registered Housing Co-operative Society within the meaning of U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965. The society by various sale-deeds purchased the land from owners in village Kaila and Mitthapur. The sale-deeds were obtained on different dates from 20th December, 1998 to 28th March, 2000. The Society purchased the land to provid