( 1 ) THE petitioners claiming to be owners of the land bearing Survey No. 1626 admeasuring 63. 03 sq. mtrs. at Mehsana, moved an application before the Collector, Mehsana in the year 1990 for the purpose of converting the said land from new tenure to old tenure land under the provisions of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, which will be hereinafter referred to as the Tenancy Act. The Mamlatdar and Agricultural Lands Tribunal at Mehsana required the petitioners to be present before him on 22/07/1991 in the matter of inquiry required to be held by him to enable him to submit a report to the Collector for fixing the amount of premium in respect of the land in dispute. On the basis of the report made by the Mamlatdar and Agricultural Lands Tribunal, Mehsana, after holding the inquiry, the Collector, Mehsana, made an order on 13th January 1992 fixing the amount of Rs. 1,67,506. 50 as the amount of premium (Nazrana) in respect of the land in question. The petitioners then made an application to the Collector, Mehsana pointing out to him that since a portion of the land is vacant for the purpose of widening Ahmedabad-Delhi Highway, the total area of the land of the petitioners stood reduced from 1 acre 22 gunthas to 5342 sq. mtrs. and therefore, the amount of premium fixed earlier by the Collector, Mehsana would stand reduced proportionately to that of Rs. 1,39,018. 00 only. The amount of premium was, therefore, required to be fixed afresh. It is the further say of the petitioners that in view of this application, the Collector, Mehsana made an order dated 4. 2. 1992 directing the petitioners to deposit the amount of Rs. 1,39,018. 00 being the amount of premium (Nazrana) in respect of the land of the petitioners. The petitioners deposited amount of premium in the Government Treasury on 21. 2. 1992 by a challan and a true copy of this challan has been placed on record as Annexure. E. The petitioners say is that on depositing the said amount, the title of the petitioners land became clear and the land stood converted from new tenure to old tenure. After a lapse of about four years and one month, the Prant Officer, re-opened the chapter which was closed long back by issuing the notice dated 4/03/1996 calling upon the petitioners to remain present before him on 11/03/1996. This notice dated 1 1/03/1996 was followed by notices dated 25/03/1996 and 5th December 1996. The statement of the petitioner no. 1 was recorded by the Prant Officer, Mehsana on 9th December 1996 in the proceedings before him. Thereafter, nothing was heard either from the Prant Officer or the Collector with regard to these proceedings till 10/02/1997. The Collector, Mehsana, made an order dated 10th February 1997 cancelling the earlier order dated 21. 2. 1992 whereby the amount of premium of the land of the petitioners was fixed by the Collector and a copy of this order has been placed on record as Annexure. K. In this order, it has been observed that the petitioners were not ready and willing to pay the premium which may be fixed by the Collector on the basis of the present market value of the land. Aggrieved from this order dated 10/02/1997 passed by the Collector, Mehsana, the petitioners preferred Revision Application No. 55 of 1997 before the Secretary (Appeals), Revenue Department, Govt. of Gujarat, and the Secretary, by his communication dated 2 7/06/1997 returned the revision application to the petitioners for presentation before the proper forum on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to entertain such revision application and that the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal was the forum competent to entertain such revision application. A copy of this communication dated 27/06/1997 has been placed on record as Annexure. L with the petition. Thereafter, the petitioners filed Revision Application No. TEN/b. A. /341 of 1997 before the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal. The Tribunal by its order dated 5. 1. 1998 partly allowed the said revision appli