JUDGMENT :

1. The present petitions have been filed challenging the order dated 8.5.2008 (Annexure-1), whereby the leases granted to the petitioners under the Uttar Pradesh Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1952, has been cancelled in exercise of powers under Section 15-A of the said Act.

2. The facts of all the writ petitions are the same, however, the facts in Writ-C No. 26944 of 2008 are being considered and decided as a leading case.

3. The brief facts, giving rise to the present petition, are as under:-

4. The petitioners before this Court are Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and only the petitioner no. 18 belongs to General Category, they all being landless agricultural labourers were allotted Plot No. 2495/25 of different areas from the period 24.5.1982 to 7.6.1982 by the Bhoodan Yagna Sub Committee, Orai, copies of the said allotment lease have been collectively marked as Annexure-2. In terms of the said allotment, the petitioners continue to be in occupation of the properties, allotted to them. It is further alleged that consolidation operation was carried out in the village Dakore and in respect of the petitioners, one Dr. Ram Sewak Niranjan, Sanyojak, filed his objections challenging the