JUDGMENT - S.N. KHATRI, J.:---This is a landlord's petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the order dated 2nd August, 1979 passed in Revision by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Kolhapur.

2. The material facts relied upon by both sides before me and which are not in dispute are these : The respondents Nos. 1 and 2 (hereafter for short, 'the tenants') were holding Survey No. 74, 1 acre 2 gunthas, assessment Rs. 4/-, of village Kale in Kolhapur District as tenants of the petitioner. The petitioner was admittedly born on 2nd March, 1950 and became major on 2nd March, 1968. Hereafter the petitioner will be referred to as the 'landlord'. In 1973, the Agricultural Lands Tribunal suo motu started 32-G proceedings. By its order dated 24th December, 1973, it dropped these proceedings for the reasons that the landlord was a minor on the tiller's day (that is to say 1st April, 1957). In 1977 that Tribunal again initiated proceedings under section 32-G of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (hereafter 'the Act'). On 7th February, 1977 the Tribunal made an order to the effect that the purchase of the land in favour of the tenants had become ineffect

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