Since the subject matter of the writ petitions is one and the same, all are heard together and disposed of by this common order.

The case of the petitioners is that their lands were acquired for establishment of M/s. Orient Cement Factory, Devapur, Kasipet Mandal Adilabad District and while establishing the same, an agreement has been entered into between the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Orient Cement Factory and as per clause 3(c) of the said agreement, each family displaced by the acquisition of land, at least one member of the family shall be given employment in the proposed Cement Factory and the District Collector, Adilabad shall be the final authority to decide who are the families displaced by the land acquisition. The list of families affected by the land acquisition, shall not be limited only to the legal pattadars. The Collector will also specify which member of the family is to be given employment in case of dispute.

The decision of the Collector shall be final and binding on the company. Though the petitioners filed several representations before the District Collector, no action has not been taken. It is also submitted that though this Court granted interim