JUDGMENT :

1. The captioned writ petition, being Special Civil Application No.9588 of 2020, is taken up as a lead matter.

2. The writ petition emanates from the order dated 07.03.2020 passed by the Secretary (Appeals), Revenue Department, State of Gujarat, Ahmedabad i.e. the respondent No.6 (“the SSRD” for short) in Revision Application No.MVV/ BKP/AMD/38 of 2019. By the said order, the SSRD has rejected the revision application preferred by the petitioners and confirmed the order dated 07.06.2019 passed by the respondent No.5-District Collector, Ahmedabad, for the land bearing Block No.701/D, granting NA permission to the private respondents.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present petition are as follows:-

3.1) The dispute pertains to the agricultural lands bearing Survey Nos.545 and 546, situated at Village Ghuma, Taluka Daskroi, District Ahmedbad, which were originally owned by one Jiviben d/o Verabhai Shivabhai and the grandfather of the petitioner – Aatmaram Manorbhai, who was registered as a tenant of the land bearing Survey No.546 and one Khodabhai Galabdas was the tenant of another land bearing Survey No.545.

3.2) The Mamlatdar and ALT, Daskroi, Ahmedabad i