ISMAIL, J. :- This petition has been filed under Art.226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records in B.P. No. 7 of 1975, on the file of the first respondent herein, namely, the District Revenue Officer, Coimbatore, and quash the order dated 22-11-75. One of the questions involved in this writ petition is the scope and effect of S.16-A of the Tamil Nagu Agricultural Land Record of Tenancy Rights Act, 1960 (Tamilnadu Act X of 1960) hereinafter referred to as the Act; introduced by the Tamilnadu Agricultural Land Record of Tenancy Rights (Amendment) Act 1972 (Tamil Nadu Act 34 of 1972) with effect from 27-11-1972.

2. When the writ petition came up for hearing before our learned brother, Mohan J., the learned Judge held that two important questions of law came up for consideration, apart from the merits of the case, namely -

(1) "What is the scope and extent of the revenue authority constituted under the Act;"

(2) What is the interpretation to be placed on the decision reported in Muniandi v. Rajangam Iyer 1976-1 Mad LJ 344 ?"

According to the learned Judge, the interpreta