( 1 ) THIS is an application filed by the petitioner tinder Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of an appropriate writ, order or direction for quashing the ex-parte order of dismissal passed by the first respondent Government on the application made by him, and for restoration of the lands bearing S. Nos. 1 and 14 at Gubbi Town, which are ordered to be acquired.

( 2 ) THE facts that have given rise to this petition are briefly as follows: the petitioner is a resident of Gubbi Town and the 1st respondent is the State Government, the 2nd respondent being the Gubbi Town Municipality. The petitioner is the owner of s. No. 1 having an extent of 15 guntas and S. No. 14 having an extent of 31 guntas. The 1st respondent-Government started acquisition proceedings in respect of these lands at the instance of the 2nd respondent-Municipality. At that stage the petitioner, who had been permitted by the Deputy Commissioner to convert s. No. 14 into sites, applied for a stay of the proceedings for acquisition and a stay order was passed. But ultimately the 1st respondent-Government dismissed the application filed by the petitioner for dropping the acqui