Judgment

YOGESHWAR DAYAL, J.:- This is an appeal against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court dated 19th July, 1979 passed in D. B. Civil Writ Petition No 681 of 1978 (Raghubir Singh v. The Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and others) and D. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 769 of 1979 (Surendrapal Singh v. The Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and others). These writ petitions were decided by the aforesaid common judgment. The first writ petition was filed by the father Raghubir Singh whereas the second writ petitions was filed by his minor son Surendrapal Singh through his next friend Shri Jagjit Singh, maternal grand-father of the minor. The relief claimed in both the petitions before the High Court was the same, namely - for setting aside of the order dated 6th August. 1977 passed by the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, Ajmer.

2. The facts of the case briefly are - that proceedings under Chapter III-B of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act (Act No. 3 of 1955) (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1955) were commenced for determining the ceiling area for Raghubir Singh. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Hanumangarh. by his order dated l0th August., 1972, determined the ceiling area, but on appeal by Rag