SEETHARAM REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE question to be answered on reference/which is common in all the aforesaid Civil Revision Petitions, is :"whether, under section 4-A of the A. P. Land Reforms (Ceiling on agricultural Holdings) Act, where a major son individually or as a member of a family unit, has a parent and that parent, by himself or herself or together with the members of the family unit of which he or she is a member is holding land less than the ceiling area, the holding of the major son or the family unit of which he is a member can be increased by the extent of the deficit in the holding of the parent or his or her family unit?"

( 2 ) FOR the purpose of illustration, the facts in C. R P. No. 4654 of 1978 may be noticed. The revisionist filed a declaration on behalf of a family unit comprising himself and his wife. The Primary Tribunal determined the holding at 1. 4457 standard holding. Accordingly, the excess land to be surrendered by the family unit was equivalent to 0. 4457 standard holding. On appeal, the same was confirmed. The revisionist has a father who filed a separate declaration. The Primary Tribunal determined the holding of the family unit of the father at 0. 7817

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