B.L. Yadav, J.

1. THE present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is directed against the orders passed by Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 in a suit under section 229-B of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act filed by the petitioners for a declaration that they were sirdars and the Gaon Sabha and the State Government, respondent nos. 4 and 5, have no right and title in the land in dispute. THE petitioners in their suit claimed rights mainly under section 210 of the UP ZA and LR Act alleging that they had acquired rights by remaining in possession, otherwise than in accordance with law for more than the prescribed period against the Gaon Sabha and the State of U. P. No suit for their ejectment was filed when actual delivery of possession was made in their favour under section 28 of the U. P. Consolidation of Holdings Act (for short the Act) If the limitation is counted from the date the delivery of possession took place, the claim of the respondent nos. 4 and 5 became time-barred.

2. THE State Government and the Gaon Sabha contested the suit of the petitioners alleging that their claim was not time barred and that the right to file a suit would accru