1. This petition and the petitions bearing W.P. No. 467/97 (Nagendra Tiwari & ors. v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 440/97 (Sanjeev Kumar Pandey v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 462/97 (Pradeep Kumar Naik v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No.465/97 (Sunderlal Kasarwani v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 561/97 (Govind Prasad Sahu v. State of M.P. & ors.) W.P. No. 767/97 (R.S. Agrawal v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 784/97 (Smt. Rampyari bai v. State of M.P. & ors.). W.P. No. 768/97 (V.M. Punsule & ors. v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 789/97 (Nirajan Prasad Sahu v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 793/97 (Kripa Chand Sahu v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 794/97 (Ramcharan Sahu & another v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 795/97 (Gulab Chand Sahu v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 797/97 (Purshottam Anant Paranjpe & ors. v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 798/97 (Dr. Surendra Bahre & another v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 803/97 (Indra Kumar Rai v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 811/97 (Rajkwnar Budhrani v. State of M.P. & ors.), W.P. No. 716/97 (Laskhanlal Piper Sonia & anr. v. State of M.P. & ors.), have been filed against the drive of the respondents to remove en