ORDER

It is not disputed that the land measuring 17 acres and 18 dismals situated at village Prithvipur, Mazra Khamaria, tehsil Chhibraman, district Farrukhabad vests in gram sabha, Khubaraiapur. On 25.8.73 the land management committee, Khubaraiapur (hereinafter referred to as land management committee ) by means of a resolution dated 5.2.1973 proposed to let out the said plot of land in favour of the appellant, herein subject to the approval by the assistant collector, first class, in charge of the sub-division. Accordingly, the appellant submitted an application before the sub-divisional officer (in short SDO ) for according approval for grant of lease by the gram sabha in respect to the aforesaid plot in its favour. The SDO., instead of granting approval to the proposed lease by the gram sabha, passed an order dated 4.2.1975 directing for mutation of the name of the appellant in the revenue record as lessee. The said order of the SDO was challenged by means of a revision petition under section 218 of the U.P. Land Revenue Act and the same was referred by the additional commissioner to the board of revenue. The board of revenue, after hearing the parties found that the order of