The prayer is for a certiorari to call for the records of the respondents relating to the Gazette Notification of the first respondent in R.O.C.No.89488/96(D8), dated 11. 1997 published at page 2 of Salem District Gazette Extraordinary Issue No.3, dated 20.2.1997 and the notice of the second respondent in R.O.C.No.914/96-A, dated 23. 1997 in Form-III and quash the same insofar as they relate to the petitioner herein on the following allegations:

The petitioner owns 0.09.0 hectare in S.No.284/1-C and 14. 0 hectare in S.No.284/2-C both the lands being situated in Panamarathupatti Village, Salem Taluk, Salem District. He is a small farmer and he is depending on the yield from the said lands for his livelihood. On 23. 1997 the second respondent came to the lands made enquiries and only then the petitioner came to know that proceedings had been initiated for acquiring his lands. The petitioner was asked to meet the second respondent in his office on 23. 1997. When he went there he was served with a notice in Form No.III in ROC.No.914/96-A, dated 23. 1997 informing him that the award enquiry would be conducted on the very next day, viz., 23. 1997 at 11 a.m. Immediately on recei