JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Shri R.S. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Virendra Bhatt, learned counsel for petitioners, Shri S.K. Khare, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the material available on record.

2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners assailing the orders passed under the provisions of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, wherein the Prescribed Authority by means of order dated 26.06.1985 has rejected the objections preferred by the petitioners and the Additional Commissioner, Faizabad Division, Faizabad has rejected the appeal by means of order dated 10.12.1990 affirming the findings of the said Prescribed Authority.

3. Though facts in brief necessary for the adjudication of the present case are that once Brij Mohan Singh was a recorded tenure holder with regard to land situated at Village Mau-Atwara, Pargana Jagdishpur, Tehsil Musafirkhana, District Sultanpur. A notice under Section 10 (2) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, was issued to Brij Mohan Singh, the recorded tenure holder on 30.07.1974, who had died prior to the issuance of notice on 24.04.1974. The said notice was du