V. V. S. RAO, J. ( 1 ) COMMON ORDER :it is expedient to dispose of all the six writ petitions by a common order as common questions of fact and law arise for consideration. ( 2 ) THE petitioners in all the matters seek a declaration that the award being award No. 1 of 1998, dated 12-3-1998 passed by the Special Deputy Collector/land acquisition Officer (L. A. O.), Tirupati Urban development Authority (hereinafter called tuda ) is arbitrary, illegal and violative of Section 11-A of the Land Acquisition act, 1894 ( the Act for brevity) insofar as the same deals with the lands owned by the respective petitioners. ( 3 ) ALL the petitioners are residents of tirupati town. They own agricultural land in various survey numbers of Vedanthapuram village totalling an extent of the details of which are as under.