JUDGMENT

Dharmadhikari, J.-A common judgment is being passed in these two appeals as the subject matter of dispute in both of them is the same. Civil Appeal No. 6302 of 2001 has been preferred against the judgment dated 24.8.1998 passed by the learned single Judge of the Allahabad High Court in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 678 of 1979. Rejection by order dated 09.12.1998 of Review Petition No. 54933/98 filed by the appellants against the said judgment has given rise to connected Civil Appeal No. 6303 of 2001.

2. The facts of this case are many and somewhat complicated but the question of law involved is a short one.

3. It is not disputed by the appellants, as is apparent from the contents of their petition for special leave, that the lands in Khata Nos. 91, 92, 95 and 96 are tenancy lands of category Bhumidari and other lands in dispute in Khata Nos. 256, 283, 356 and 357 are tenancy lands of another category Sirdari . The lands are in village Patilo Gausput, District Azam Garh in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

4. The writ petition before the High Court arose out of order dated 09.11.1976 of the Assistant Director, Consolidation, Azam Garh which was passed in exercise of his revisiona