( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for a writ of prohibition restraining the Tehsildar of Mau, opposite party No. 1, from proceeding further with the proceedings, under Rule 115-C, U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules.

( 2 ) BEFORE the abolition of the zamindari, the petitioner asserts that he was a co-sharer in patti No. 10 of village Khor, pargana Mau, district Banda, in which plot No. 251/1 measuring an area of 53 bighas and 3 biswas is situate. According to the petitioners assertion in the affidavit it was cleared and brought under cultivation in 1358-F. and since then he has been cultivating it. Near about 6th of November, 1956 a registered letter purporting to be on behalf of apposite parties Nog. 2 to 14 was sent to the Tahsildar of Mau complaining against Sri Ansdhari, Pradhan of the Gaon Sabha. A similar letter was sent to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Karvi, and that was sent by him to the Tahsildar of Mau. Thereupon a notice under Rule 115-D of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules was issued against the petitioner requiring him to file an objection in his Court on 4th of April, 1956. These proc