(1.) HEARD Sri Keshri Nath Tripathi, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri CP. Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners in Writ Petition No. 23624 of 2010, Sri Anil Kumar Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 41012 of 2010 and Sri B.D. Mandhyan, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Satish Mandhyan, Advocate for the respondents in both the writ petitions. Learned Standing Counsel has appeared for State-respondents.
(2.) THESE two writ petitions challenging same notifications have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. Pleadings in Writ Petition No. 23624 of 2010 have been exchanged and it is sufficient to refer to pleadings of the said writ petition for deciding both the writ petitions.
(3.) THE writ petition was entertained by Division Bench of this Court on 28th April, 2010. After filing of the counter-affidavit and supplementary counter-affidavit by respondent Nos. 2 and 3 an interim order was passed on 3rd May, 2010 directing the parties to maintain status quo with regard to possession over the land in question. THE State also filed its counter-affidavit. THE State Government was directed to produce the relevant records by order dated 30th September, 2010. THE original records of the State Government being File No. 600(293)/208 of the Department has been produced by learned Standing Counsel on the date of hearing.