( 1 ) THE petitioner herein has challenged the order passed by the first respondent who is Deputy Secretary to the Government Revenue Departments on August 31 1971 on behalf of and in the name of the Governor of the State of Gujarat; the State of Gujarat is the second respondent herein. The dispute arises in the following circumstances.

( 2 ) SURVEY No. 1330 of Sandher village in Patan Taluka of Mehsana District was Government land and vested in the Government. Deputy Collector Patan disposed of this survey number to respondent No. 3 by his order dated May 3 1970 The petitioner came to know about this order of the Deputy Collector and preferred an appeal against that order to the Collector Mehsana. The Collector Mehsana heard both the parties and passed an order on October 23 1970 allowing the appeal of the petitioner. By that order the Collector directed the Deputy Collector Patan to dispose of the said land after issuing notices to persons in possession of the lands adjacent to the land in question as required by the standing orders of the Government. Against this decision of the Collector Mehsana respondent No.

( 3 ) PREFERRED a revision application to the Governm