JUDGMENT

J.K. Tandon, J. - The Petitioner was Taluqdar of Rehwa estate in the district of Bahraich. He owned 58 villages described in Schedule A to this petition By a notification u/s 4 of the UPZA and LR Act, 1950 all his interest in the said villages as Taluqdar was acquired under the said Act and he became entitled to payment of compensation in lieu thereof.

2. Ch. III of the UP ZA and LR Act lays down the procedure for determination of compensation payable to intermediaries whose estates have been acquired under the Act. Section 39 provides the manner in which gross assets, as respects a Mahal, shall be computed and Section 40 contains provisions for the preparation of Draft Compensation Assessment Roll in respect of each intermediary separately. Section 42 says how the gross assets of an intermediary shall be arrived at. Then comes Section 44 which requires net assets of every intermediary to be determined. Section 46 says that after the Draft Compensation Assessment Roll in respect of any intermediary has been prepared the same shall be published in the manner laid down in it, while persons desiring to file objections will also be required to do so within, a period of two month