JUDGMENT :

SANGEETA CHANDRA, J.

1. This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner Ram Chandra son of Kamta Prasad challenging the order dated 13th March, 2001 passed by the Prescribed Authority Ceiling/Additional Collector, Hardoi, hereinafter referred to as respondent No. 3, and the order dated 29.12.2001 passed by the Additional Commissioner (Judicial), Lucknow Division, Lucknow, hereinafter referred to respondent No. 2 rejecting the Appeal of the petitioner.

2. By means of the order impugned 0.675 hectares of land in Plot No. 385 in Village Magrapur, Pargana Pandarwa, Tehsil Shahabad, District Hardoi, has been declared surplus under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

3. It has been submitted that notice was received by the petitioner along with Prescribed Form 3A, B, and C, to which he submitted his objections on 12.12.2000. He stated clearly that on 08.06.1973, the petitioner was not the tenure holder of Plot number is 121, 275, 393, 295, 265 and 385 in Village Mangrapur. His father Kamta Prasad along with his two brothers Prabhu Dayal and Jagannath Prasad Sons of Devi Prasad, were the tenure holders with 1/3rd share