( 1 ) IN this writ petition presented by sri Murugharajendra Bruhan Mutt of chitradurga, in which the petitioner has questioned the legality of the order of the Deputy Commissioner, Coorg, made under sub-section (3) of Section 136 of the KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE ACT, 1964, ('the act' for short), the following question of law arises for consideration :"whether under sub-section 3 of section 136 of the Act, the Deputy commissioner has the power to interfere with an appellate order made by the authority exercising the appellate power under sub-section (2) of Section 136 of the Act ?"

( 2 ) THE facts of the case, in brief, are as follow : Large extent of agricultural and forest lands in the district of coorg had been granted to the petitioner-mutt in the year 1796 AD by the then Maharaja of Coorg. This is evidenced by copper plate grants, the contents of which have been published in epigraphic Karnataka Vol. 1 at page 12 (Exhibit-B ). There were two branches of the petitioner-mutt called 'abbi Mutt' and 'madapura Mutt', situated in the district of Coorg. The agent of these two branch Mutts resides at Belur village in the district of Coorg and that building in which the agent