( 1 ) THE petitioner who was the original owner and occupant of agricultural lands bearing S. No. 81 admeasuring 3 acres-9 gunthas and S. No. 145 admeasuring 2 acres-34 gunthas situated on the outskirts of village Jetalpur in Vadodara taluka of Vadodara district has come to this court by way of the present petition under Art. 227 of the Constitution of India seeking reversal of the order passed by the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal in Revision Application No. TEN B. A. 218/81 which came to be dismissed by the Revenue Tribunal and as a result the orders passed by the tenancy authorities under the provisions of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) viz the Mamlatdar Baroda and Assistant Collector Baroda in appeal came to be confirmed by the Revenue Tribunal. In order to appreciate the nature of controversy between the parties in the present proceedings it is necessary to glance through a few relevant facts.

( 2 ) RESPONDENT No. 1 herein is a partnership firm. The said firm wanted to purchase some lands and for that purpose respondent No. 1 contacted the petitioner in 1961. The petitioner agreed to sell the aforesaid lands