ORDER :

1. This petition has been filed by the purchaser of the land which was already declared surplus and acquired by the State under provisions of the Urban Land Ceiling Act, 1976. The averments made by the Petitioner in the writ petition in paras 3.1 and 3.2 in this regard are relevant and are quoted below for ready reference:

“3.1 That the petitioner is a resident of Rajkot and has purchased land admeasuring about 300 sq.yds. situated in Revenue Survey No.172, 174(2), 175(2) and 253 in village Kotharia of Rajkot Taluka having non-agriculture permission Plot No.78 in its Southern direction under a registered sale deed from the owner and holder of the said land, viz. Vrajlal Madhavjibhai Padalia and Sameer Kirtikumar Ravani, both resident of Rajkot. That the said transaction took place on 12.12.2001 between the parties and was also registered on the same day. That the copy of the said sale deed is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure ‘A’ collectively alongwith its index No.2.

3.2 The petitioner begs to submit that he also purchased the land admeasuring about 300 sq.yds. from the same