VISHWANATH MISHRA, J.

1. The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of the court for quashing Annexure 1, 2, and 3 of the writ petition which are the orders of different authorities, under the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred as "the Act") relating to the petitioner's unit.

2. Thakur Hari Kishore Pd. Singh was the father of Smt. Tara Devi. The petitioner Shyam Nand Pd. and his brother Tara Nand Pd. are the sons of Tara Devi. Thakur Hari Kishore Pd. Singh was the Ghatwal of Garasare Estate in Deoghar sub division of Santhal Parganas. He had no son. As the case is he made family arrangement round about the year 1947 in which be settled some lands with the petitioner and perhaps also with his brother and mother. The case of the petitioner here is that 39.00 acres of land situated in village Raghusdih, police station Palajori within the sub–division of Deoghar were settled with him in 1947 and since then he was paying rent. Respondent No. 3, the Additional Collector of Santhal Parganas gave him a notice for determination of the ceiling area of the land to be held by him and accordingly Land Ceiling ca