ORDER :

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of rule on behalf of the respondent - State.

2. With the consent of the learned advocates for the respective parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing today.

3. In the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing and setting aside the order dated 25.06.2012 passed by the respondent No.2 – Assistant Collector, Tharad as well as the order dated 21.07.2016 passed by the respondent No.4 – District Collector, Palanpur, District Banaskantha.

4. At the outset, learned advocate Mr.Bachani, appearing for the petitioner has submitted that the issue raised in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court dated 10.10.2022 passed in Special Civil Application No.13853 of 2017 and allied matters. It is submitted by learned advocate Mr.Bachani, that the petitioner is one of the 42 families being refugees, who had settled at Kachchh and who had approached this Court by filing various writ petitions.

4.1 Learned advocate Mr.Bachani, has further submitted that in fact, when the petitioner has approached to give benefit of the judgment, he was informed t