A.M. Khanwilkar, J.

1. This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India takes exception to the judgment and order dated May 10, 1989, passed by the then Minister of State for Revenue, Government of Maharashtra (Respondent No. 2), in Revision No. RTS-2789/1/CR-39/L/6. The lands in question are Survey Nos. 62 and 66 respectively Situated at village Ashagad, Taluka Dahanu, District Thane. the said lands being inam lands were governed by the Bombay Merged territories and Area (Jagir Abolition) Act. 1953, as well as the Bombay Merged Territories Miscellaneous Alienations Abolition Act, 1955. The revenue record mentions that Shri Yeshwantrao Mukne, the Ex-Ruler of the then Jawhar State, was watandar in respect of the said lands. On October 8, 1976, an application was filed by the Petitioner, which was jointly signed by the said Watandar Mukne, addressed to the Tahsildar, Dahanu, for recording the status of the Petitioner as a tenant and also for granting permission to sell the said lands. The said application was obviously a composite application praying for recording the name of the Petitioner in the revenue record as tenant and also for granting permission to sell t