( 1 ) THE appellant had purchased property admeasuring 14' x 50' at the junction of middle school road and the then telephone exchange road in shikaripur town. There was, adjacent to the property so purchased, vacant land (now called the 'said land') admeasuring 5'x 50'. The said land belonged to the town municipal council, shikaripur. On 9th March 1983 the appellant applied to the town municipal council for allotment to him of the said land. Upon the application a resolution was passed on 17th may, 1983. It was resolved that the said land lacked public demand since it was not an independent site but was useful only to the property belonging to the appellant. Hence, to enable the municipal council to obtain income therefor, it was recommended that the said land be granted to the appellant. The recommendation was forwarded to the state government. The state government, on 15th march, 1984, accorded sanction under Section 72 (2) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 to the allotment of the said land to the appellant "at the market price of Rs. 1. 425/-".

( 2 ) THE writ petition was filed by a resident of the town to call in question the correctnessof the gover