M. Sathyanarayanan, J.

1. The writ petitioner is the appellant and W.P.No.13800/2008 has been filed by him for quashment of the order dated 11.10.2007, passed by the first respondent, by and under which, his request for re-conveyance of lands admeasuring 0.62.0 hectares in Survey No.890/1B and 0.49.0 hectares in Survey No.889/1B, came to be rejected, and the said writ petition, after contest, came to be dismissed on 29.3.2010, and hence this appeal.

2. The facts narrated in brief, leading to the filing of this writ appeal, are as follows:

"2 (i) The first respondent has sought to acquire the lands situated in Hosur, Dharmapuri District, now Krishnagiri District, for the purpose of Housing Neighbourhood Scheme Phase XV and XVI for Hosur Housing Unit of Tamil Nadu Housing Board and accordingly, issued G.O.Ms.No.850, Housing and Urban Development Department, dated 21.5.1991, under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and it was published in the Gazette of the Government of Tamil Nadu on 19.6.1991. Thereafter, a declaration under Section 6 of the Act came to be issued in G.O.Ms.No.528, Housing and Urban Development Department, dated 12.8.1992, and was also publi