JUDGMENT - A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.:---These two writ petitions, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, challenge the judgment and order passed by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Pune, dated 22-4-1983. Writ Petition No. 2806 of 1983 is filed by the owners in respect of the lands bearing survey Nos. 127 and 59/1 (part), situate at village Chinchodi, Tahsil- Ambegaon, District Pune; whereas Writ Petition No. 2301 of 1990 is filed by the alleged tenants in respect of the said lands. (The land owners will be referred to hereinafter as petitioners and the alleged tenants as respondents). To be more accurate, petitioner No. 1 is the original owner of the suit lands and petitioner No. 2 is the transferee, who has purchased the suit lands from petitioner No. 1.

2. The present proceedings are arising out of suo motu proceedings initiated by the Mamlatdar and Tenancy Awal Karkun under section 84-C of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"). The reason for initiating the said action indicated by the authority is that the petitioners, the original landowners, had sold these lands in contravention of the provisions of section 64 of t

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