Judgment

VENKATRAMIAH, J.:- This appeal by special leave is filed against the order dated March 12, 1969 passed in Civil Revision Petition No. 1791 of 1967 on the file of the High Court of Madras.

2. On the date of the commencement of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) i.e. April 6, 1960, the appellant owned approximately 47 acres of agricultural lands. He was required to file a statement under Section 8 of the Act within 90 days from the date specified in the Notification issued by the Government in that behalf in respect of all lands held or deemed to have been held by him furnishing the particulars mentioned in that provision to the authorised officer within whose jurisdiction his holding or major part thereof was situated. Accordingly, he filed his return. In the course of the enquiry, the Authorised Officer found that under a will made by Sivagami Achi, the mother of the appellant, who died on April 20, 1962, the appellant became entitled to 4.99 standard acres and his wife, Devika got 8.81 standard acres of agricultural land. The Authorised Officer after ascertaining the true extents of the several bits of agr