JUDGMENT

KHANNA, J.:— This is an appeal on certificate by Bhagat Ram Batra against the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court whereby a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed by the appellant against the Union of India and three others was dismissed in limine.

2. The appellant is a displaced person. On October 15, 1959 evacuee property 2 N. A. C. Ambala City was sold by public aution. The appellant gave the highest bid of Rs. 72,700/- and his bid was accepted. The appellant wanted Rupees 45,620/05 paise, on account of compensation for the claim in respect of his property left in Pakistan, to be adjusted towards the sale price.Before the appellant could pay the balance of the price, he made a representation to the rehabilitation authorities that there had been an encroachment upon the property for which he had given the bid by the owner of the adjoining property and that the area of the property auctioned in his (the appellants) favour was less than the area mentioned at the time of the auction sale. The rehabilitation authorities inspected the spot and found that the area of the property in fact was less than that assessed by the valuation unit.

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