JUDGMENT

V.D. Bhargava, J. - This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by Rai Amar Nath Agarwal against the Tehsildar, Sadar, district Mirzapur, the Chairman, Land Management Committee, village Pathera Kalan, Tappa Cheurasi, pargana Kantit district Mirzapur and Gaon Sabha village Pathera Kalan, Tappa, Chaurasi pargana Kantit district Mirzapur.

2. The Petitioner claims to have been the Zamindar of the entire village Pathera Kalan before the abolition of Zamindari. Large tracts of land in the said village had been in cultivation of the Petitioner himself as his khudkasht since long before the abolition of the zamindari in this State. Most of the land in the said village consisted of forest. The forests were cleared up and the said land was brought under cultivation. The requisite authority for bringing the land under cultivation was obtained from the Forest Department also. In 1942 43 a plot of land in this village was given for the purpose of cultivation by the Petitioner to Ram Adhar Singh but later on the Petitioner decided to cultivate the lands in the said village himself and he brought the land in his cultivation. The aforesaid Ram Adhar Singh became the