N. D. Ojha, J.

1. THIS writ petition arises out of proceedings under the U. P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Inspite of a general notice having been published in the official gazettee as contemplated by Section 9 of the Act the petitioner did not submit the return of his ceiling area in the form prescribed. Consequently the Prescribed Authority served the petitioner with a notice as contemplated by Section 10 (2) of the Act. The notice was accompanied with the requisite statement prepared under sub-section (1) thereof calling upon him to show cause within the period specified in the notice why the statement be not taken as correct. The petitioner filed an objection inter alia asserting that a sale deed executed by him on 5th February, 1972, in favour of one Smt. Shanti Devi had erroneously been ignored and that his land situated in village Rajpur was unirrigated and had erroneously been treated as irrigated. Both these pleas were repelled by the Prescribed Authority by its order dated 14th October, 1974. The petitioner preferred an appeal against the order of the Prescribed Authority which was dismissed by the 1st Addi