1. This writ petition arises from a proceeding under the Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), The petitioner is landlord of the lands in question with respe.et to whieh purpha has been granted in favour of respondent No, 3 indrasan Bhar (in short, the respondent), The petitioner seeks quashing of the order by whieh pureha was granted to the respondent,

2. The dispute relates to 0,07 Aere out of S Katha 19 Dhurs land of Plot No, 200, Khata No, 104 situate at Village Nawada Mathia within Jalalpur PS of Saran District, The east of the petitioner is that the land in questlon originally belonged to one Gupr! Singh and Shlv Shanker Bharti, On 9-4-71 they sold the land to Manki Devi, The husband of Manki Devi was running wholesale shop business In which respondent No. 3 was an employee. He was permitted to construct a room and live therein. On 27-8-78 Manki Devi sold the land to Laxmina Devi and her sons. Meanwhile Shiv Shanker Bharti had died, and in the circumstances the respondent was retained as houseguard. One room was added to the earlier construction for keeping fodder etc. On 26-8-83 Laxmina and her sons sold the land t