JUDGMENT :

1. Invoking the writ jurisdiction under Article(s) 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, the Petitioners have knocked the portals of this Court assailing the impugned order dated 29^th July, 1995 (Annexure-11) passed in O.E.A. Revision Case No.16 of 1994 by the learned Member, Board of Revenue, Orissa, Cuttack, namely, OP No.5 for having confirmed order dated 23^rd November, 1983 (Annexure-4) passed by the OEA Collector- cum-Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar, namely, OP No.4 in OEA No.66 of 1993 rejecting their predecessor’s claim for acceptance of rent as a tenant under the State Government on the ground that the decision is per se illegal, perverse and without jurisdiction.

3. The case of the Petitioners in brief is that the schedule property originally belonged to the Kanika State and its ex-Zamindar granted p