ORDER :

1. Since the issue involved in all these writ petitions is common, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. As per the averments made in the affidavits filed in support of the writ petitions, it could be seen that some of the petitioners are agriculturists, and their claim is that they are cultivating paddy in their fields, and after harvest, converting the same into rice, and selling them in the open markets. Some of the petitioners are dealing in the business of purchasing paddy and converting the same into rice, and selling them in the markets. In that process, while they were transporting rice to the markets, the rice alongwith respective vehicles, were seized by respondent-authorities, and in some writ petitions, rice was seized from the godowns. The main allegation in all the writ petitions, except in W.P. No. 23826 of 2009, is that the petitioners are in illegal possession of PDS rice, and that they have purchased the said PDS rice from the card holders. In W.P. No. 23826 of 2009, the allegation is that the petitioner has been transporting rice without proper and valid documents, and hence the respondents have seized the same.

3. After