( 1 ) THIS civil writ petition raises an interesting question about the effect of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition Act concerning what was at one time admittedly evacuee property. A few salient facts which help follow the controversy in this case may have to be noticed.

( 2 ) THE property in question originally belonged to Mohd. Ashraf who left for Pakistan in 1947. The properties, whatever they were (whether it was grove land, as stated by the petitioner, or merely vacant land on which a few trees only were planted by respondents 1 and 2) were sold, as Government acquired property, in an auction held by the Managing Officer on 25th March, 1957, to the petitioner Shri Sona Ram (now deceased) for a sum of Rs. 4,600. 00. Shri Sona Ram having died an application was made (C. M.-P. No. 1923 of 1968) to bring on record the legal repre- sentatives of Sona Ram. Shri Dalal and Shri Dhawan, represented the legal representatives also; the petition (CMP No. 1923 of 1968) was not opposed. The final order to be passed on the said application, however, is that the CMP is allowed and the petitioners 2 to 6 are brought on record as the legal representatives of the deceased, the first p