Judgement

RAMASWAMI, J. : These four consolidated appeals are brought, by special leave, against the order of the High Court of Gujarat, dated November 27, 1961 summarily dismissing four Special Civil Applications Nos. 704 to 707 of 1961 which had been filed by the appellants under Art. 227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the order of the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal, dated July 18, 1961.

2. The appellants had applied for compensation to the Jagir Abolition Officer, Baroda, under S. 13 of the Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, hereinafter referred to as the Jagirs Abolition Act , in respect of their proprietary jagirs. Against the award of compensation made by the Jagir Abolition Officer the appellants preferred appeals under S. 16 of the Jagirs Abolition Act. Although these appeals were filed before the Revenue Tribunal at Bombay, the appeals were transferred, on the bifurcation of Bombay State, to the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal at Ahmedabad, hereinafter called the Tribunal . All these appeals were ultimately dismissed by the Tribunal for non-prosecution on account of non-appearance of the advocate of the appellants. Against the dismissal of the