BIRENDRA PRASAD SINHA, J.

The petitioner purchased 42 decimals of land appertaining to plot No. 1244, khata No. 666 situate in village Ratangarh, police Station Sahar in the district of Bhojpur from respondent No.3 Keshavendra Pratap Singh Respondent. No.2. Dulhin Basamatia alias Basmato Devi filed an application under section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Reform (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Aquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 (hereinafter called the, Ceiling Act) before the Deputy Collector, Land Reforms claiming to be an adjoining Raiyat The Deputy Collector. Land Reforms allowed the application on 30.10.1978 (vide Annexure 1). The appeal filed by the petitioner was dismissed on 20.11.1978 by the Collector (vide Annexure 2). The petitioner's revision Application before the Board of Revenue also failed (vide Annexure 3). The petitioner has, therefore, challenged the three orders contained in Annexure 1, 2 and 3 and has prayed that they should be quashed.

2. The petitioner has claimed that he is a Sikmidar of plot No. 1244 and adjoining plot No. 1243 and has been continuing in actual physical cultivating possession of these plots. Apart from this the petitioner claimed to have c