DHARMADHIKARI J.-In Special Civil Application No. 417 of 1977 the petitioner, who is a tenure holder, had filed a return before the Collector, which was subsequently forwarded to the Surplus Lands Determination Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as 'the Surplus Lands Determination Tribunal') and after holding necessary enquiry, the Surplus Lands Determination Tribunal found that the petitioner was holding 45.27 acres of land as surplus and, therefore, directed delimitation of the said land under section 21 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). Being aggrieved by this order, he filed an appeal before The Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal. The Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal dismissed the said appeal. Being aggrieved by this order, the present writ petition is filed by the petitioner raising various contentions before us. According to the petitioner, the authorities below committed an error in counting the land, which was already counted in the holding of his son Umakant in the separate and distinct proceedings, and this double counting is expressly prohibited by sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Act. lie furth