GUPTA, J.—This writ petition under Art.226 of the Constitution has been filed against the order passed by the Additional Colonisation Commissioner, Rajasthan cum-Revenue Appellate Authority, Rajasthan Colonisation Project, Bikaner (hereinafter called the Appellate Authority) dated July 9, 1974, by which the appeal filed by the petitioner, against the order of the Assistant Colonisation Commissioner, Rajasthan Canal Project, Sri Vijaynagar, District Sri Ganganagar, (hereinafter referred to as the Allotting Authority) rejecting his application for allotment of land has been dismissed.

2. The petitioner, Phoosa Ram, submitted an application for allotment of 25 bighas of agricultural land under the Rajasthan Colonisation {Allotment of Government Land to Post-1955 Temporary Cultivation Leaseholders and Other Landless Persons in Rajasthan Canal Project Area) Rules, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) before the Allotting Authority on the ground that he was a bonafide resident of Rajasthan since before 1955 and that he was granted a temporary allotment of 25 bighas of land in square No. 298/411 in Chak No. 24 APD in the year 1970-71 under the Rajasthan Colonisation (Temporary Lease

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