(1.) Heard Dr. R.S. Pande, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Ankit Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent.
(2.) By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed as under :-
(3.) The proceedings in the present matter trace their origin to a notice issued under Sec. 10(2) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act to the original tenure-holder, Smt. Sundari Devi. In response to the said notice, an ex-parte order was initially passed on 13/7/1962. However, upon filing of objection by the tenure-holder, the order was recalled on 28/2/1963, and the matter proceeded contested.