Untwalia, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved by the order dated 4-5-68 of the Additional Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, passed in case No. 28 of 1968 in a case under the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Areas and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1962, hereinafter called the Act, the petitioners have obtained a rule from this Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India against the respondents to show cause why the order aforesaid be not called up and quashed and why an appropriate order be not made. Cause has been shown by respondent No. 1 who alone is interested in the matter.

2. The petitioners case is that Narendra Kumar Ghose, petitioner No. 1, is a raiyat in village Phulwaria Tajpur, police station Pipra in the District of Champaran. Parasnath Sinha, petitioner No. 2, is claimed to be a friend of petitioner No. 1. The latters case is that he purchased for a sum of Rs. 6,000.00 14 kathas, 5 dhurs of land comprised in plot No. 2261, khata No. 152 in village Phulwaria Tajpur. He claims further that he is an adjacent raiyat of the plot purchased by him holding land on its boundary on three sides, i.e., North, East and West. In order to save the land from a