( 1 ) RULE Nisi.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a retired Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations Department, Government of A. P. He states that prior to his retirement from the Government service the petitioner applied the State Government in the year 1983 for allotment of a residential plot of land for construction of a house. The Government issued orders on 19-2-1987 directing the A. P. Housing Board to sell him a plot measuring 233. 33 Sq. yards at Santoshnagar Colony, Hyderabad at the rate of Rs. 600. 00 per Sq. yard. The petitioner felt that the value fixed at Rs. 600. 00 per Sq. yard was excessive. He challenged the fixation of price through Writ Petition No. 9575/87 before this Court. The Writ petition was disposed of on 10-6-1991. The Court held that the price fixed at Rs. 600. 00per Sq. yard was arbitrary and directed the respondents therein to re-fix the market value in the light of the basic value fixed by the Department of Registration for similar lands in the locality and also in accordance with the observations made in the order. The order of the Court was further clarified by another order on 8-7-1992 by which respondents therein were directed to f