( 1. ) THIS order shall govern the disposal of the aforesaid two petitions as they are heard together with the consent of the parties.

( 2. ) IN both the petitions, petitioners those who are cultivators of village Balamet, District Guna have filed petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ of. certiorari or any other writ, order or direction for restraining the State Government to exchange the land of charnoi with the respondent Nos. 2 to 4 and not to allow respondent Nos. 2 to 4 to use charnoi land for cultivation and for the quashment of order dated 2-7-2004 passed by Board of Revenue, M. P.

( 3. ) THE brief facts of the case are that the State Government allotted the land bearing Survey Nos. 25/31,25/32 and 25/33 total area of 1. 000 Hectares each to the respondent Nos. 2 to 4 and they were in possession. Subsequently respondent Nos. 2 to 4 filed an application for exchange of the aforesaid land with Survey No. 3 situated in the same Village Balamet having total area of 65. 387 Hectares. Objections were invited on the said application and several objections were filed by the villagers including the petitioners that the land bearing