DILBAGH SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) (for self and for R. M. Sahai, J.) :-The petitioner claimed to be the tenure holder of plots Nos. 169, 170 and 183, total area 32 big-has on the ground that by virtue of his adverse possession he acquired sirdari rights under Section 210 of the Zamindari Abolition Act.

(2.) IT appears that one Ram Chandra was recorded in the khatauni as sirdar of these plots. The Prescribed Authority issued notice under Section 10 of the U. P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, to Ram Chandra requiring him to file the requisite statement. Ram Chandra filed an objection which was heard, and by an order dated 16th January, 1975, the plots in dispute were determined as surplus area of Ram Chandra. In due course the determination of surplus area of Ram Chandra was published in U. P. Gazette dated 22nd March, 1975.

(3.) THE petitioner has, in the present writ petition, challenged the order dated 27th November, 1975.