JUDGMENT - 1. The only question owhich arises in this sppecial civil lapplication under Article 227 of the Coonstitution of oIndia is whether the petitioners ohad exercised their rights of statutory purchase under section 32-0 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, within onw year from the commencement of the tenancy within the meaning of thata section.

2. The facts are as follows:-

The subject-matter of dispute between the parties i.e. the petitioners-tenants and their landloard-respondent No. 1 is Gat No.102, measuring 14 acres and 13 gunthas assessed at Rs.40 - 12 , situated at Village palsod in Taluka Jalgaon. On October 28, 1967, the petitioners made an application before the Agriicultural Lands Tribunal and Tahsildar Jalgaon, stating that they ohoad cultivated the land in 1966-67 as teanants and ohad given necessary onotice to purchase the suit-land on June 30, 1967 and should be, therefore, declared the purchasers of the land under section 32-0 and the priice should be fixed under section 32-G and 32-H. All the time during the pendency of the said case before the Agricultural Lands Tribunal. the landlord-respondent No. 1 merely took adjoournments 20 times and

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