( 1 ) THE above noted three petitions arise out of the Suit No. 87 of 1975 filed under Section 229b/209 of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, for short the Act by Smt. Rama Devi, petitioner in Writ Petition No. 38131 of 1995, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff. In all these cases, subject matter of dispute is the same, as prayed by the learned counsel for the parties, they were, therefore, connected, heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

( 2 ) THE relevant facts of the case giving rise to the aforesaid petitions are that Smt. Rama Devi filed Suit No. 87 of 1975 under Section 229b/209 of the Act for declaration and ejectment against Smt. Gomti Devi, widow of Murari Singh, and others pleading that she was bhumidhar and in possession of the land in dispute, that originally Ram Lal son of Jhandu Singh, brother of her husband, was a tenant of the same. He executed a Will in her favour on 8. 7. 1965, which was registered on 15. 7. 1965. It was on 14. 9. 1966 that Ram Lal disappeared from the village and remained untraceable (lapta ). One Ram Charan also lodged a first information report at the police station on 7. 10. 1976 re