Satish Kumar Mittal, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition No. 351 of 1986 and the Regular Second Appeals No. 2385, 2395, 2396, 2401 and 2450 of 1993, which have been ordered to be heard along with aforesaid writ petition.

2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, who are beneficiaries of the Will dated 5.9.1962, alleged to have been executed by Smt. Chanan Kaur, under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, for quashing of the order dated 25.11.1985 (Annexure P-6), passed by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab, Chandigarh, vide which the orders dated 18.10.1982 and 19.12.1983, passed by the Collector as well as the Commissioner, respectively, were set aside.

3. The brief facts of the case are that one Smt. Chanan Kaur, widow of Sardar Triloki Nath, was owner of the agricultural land, situated in two villages, namely Mand Miani Jhanduwala and Mand Sardar Sahib Wala, both in Tehsil and District Kapurthala, which is subject matter of the present controversy. She died issueless on 23.11.1962. Consequent upon her death, the question regarding inheritance of her aforesaid land arose, for which two claims were made. One clai