( 1 ) IN this petition under the provisions of Art. 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the validity of an order passed in Revision Application No. TEN. B. S. 105/92 dated 20. 2. 99 passed by the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal. By virtue of the said order, the tribunal has confirmed the order passed by the Mamlatdar and ALT in Tenancy Case No. 10372/82 dated 3. 5. 91 and order dated 17. 5. 92 passed by the Deputy Collector, Navsari in Tenancy Appeal No. 28/91.

( 2 ) THE facts pertaining to the case are as under. The petitioner was claiming to be a tenant in respect of lands bearing Blocks Nos. 147, 247, 146 and 148 situated at Village: Munsad and had therefore submitted an application under the provisions of sec. 70 (b) and sec. 70 (nb) of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). The said application was rejected by the Mamlatdar and ALT by his order dated 3. 5. 91 on the ground that the petitioner was having family relation with the respondents and therefore he could not have been declared a tenant in respect of the land in question. The said order was challenged by the petitioner by filing Tenan