JUDGMENT

Lakshmi Prasad, J. - This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The disputed sirdari holding of the petitioner was sold for the realisation of certain dues of the Gaon Sabha realisable as arrears of land revenue as provided under Section 225 of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, notwithstanding the petitioner's objection that his sirdari holding could not be sold for the realisation of such clues. Aggrieved by the order of the Sale Officer the petitioner went in appeal which was allowed. Then opposite party No. 1 went in revision before the Board of Revenue, opposite party No. 2. The said revision was allowed and the Board of Revenue took the view that it was permissible under the provisions of sub-sec. (2) of Section 286 of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act to sell a sirdari holding for the realisation of sums of money recoverable as land revenue. It is in these circumstances that the present petition is filed with a prayer that the impugned order dated the 30th of May, 1966, passed by the Board of Revenue be quashed.

2. The petition is opposed by the opposite parties. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the