(1.) Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
(2.) The present petition has been filed by the petitioners mainly seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the entire proceedings initiated against the petitioners under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act No. 33 of 1976 as abated in view of the Repealing Act of 1999.
(3.) The facts in brief, in all the above said three writ petitions, narrated separately, are being decided together by this common judgment.