GAON SABHA GRAM PANCHAYAT VILLAGE SARSA TEHSIL SORAON ALLAHABAD Vs. BOARD OF REVENUE U P AT ALLAHABAD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) JANARDAN Sahai, J. Shri Anupam Kulshrestha has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent Nos. 6 to 15 in Writ Petition No. 61612 of 2005 and respondent Nos. 5 to 14 in Writ Petition No. 74742 of 2005, which may be taken on record.

(2.) LEARNED Counsel for the parties agree that these writ petition may be disposed of finally today.

(3.) TWO submissions were made by the Counsel for the petitioner. The first submission is that the order was ex pane without notice to them and the restoration application has been rejected on the ground that it was be lated although the delay was sufficiently explained. The other submission is that the order of the Board of Revenue on the review application is without juris diction inasmuch as it was passed by a Single Member of the Board of Revenue. Reliance is placed upon Sec tion 220 of the U. P. Land Revenue Act, which gives power to the Board of Revenue to review and alter its order. Sub-section (3) of Section 220 of the Act upon which the learned Counsel for the petitioner placed reliance is quoted below: "220. Power of Board to review and alter its order and decrees.- (1) xxxxxxx (2) xxx xxx xxx (3) Members not empower to alter each other's order A single member vested with all or any of powers of the Board shall not have power to alter or reverse a decree or order passed by the Board or any member other than himself. "