SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J. :- In the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have challenged order dated 5-3-1994 passed by respondent 2 - the Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records, Pune, and order dated 13-10-1995 passed by respondent 1 - the State of Maharashtra.

2. The facts, which give rise to the present petition may be shortly stated. Appa Rama Patil, the father of the original petitioner owned agricultural lands in Village Asurle, Taluka Panhala, District Kolhapur. Yesba Rama Patil the father of respondent 3 owned Jirayat land bearing Survey No. 25/6 admeasuring 10 Gunthas and one Rama Dhondi Patil owned land bearing Survey No. 77/3B. In 1962, the Consolidation Scheme framed under The Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 (for short, "the said Act") came to be applied to Village Asurle. The work of consolidating small pieces of lands into larger blocks was undertaken. As a part of the Consolidation Scheme, land bearing Survey No. 25/6 admeasuring 10 Gunthas belonging to Yesba Rama Patil - the father of respondent 3 was allotted to Appa Rama Patil - the father