Shivdayal. C. J.-

1. By this petition under Articles 226 and 227 or the Constitution, the petitioner, Col. Sardar Angre, has sought a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the Commissioner dated December 14, 1962, and the order of the Board of Revenue, dated September 22, 1969, and a writ of mandamus directing the State of Madhya Pradesh and the Commissioner not to deduct the amount of Rs. 1,33,897/8/3 from the amount of compensation payable to him under the M.B. Abolition of Jagirs Act, 1951, and to enhance that compensation to the extent of Rs. 3,738/- (being 7 times of Rs. 534/- representing the Tanka of village Bhaisakhedi).

2. The petitioner Col. Sardar Angre was a Jagirdar of Tahsil Nevri Bhorasa and Panbihar in the erstwhile Gwa1ior State. In 1948, by merger of several princely states, a new state of Madhya Bharat was constituted. Under the Madhya Bharat Abolition of Jagirs Act, 1951, (hereinafter referred to as the Abolition Act); the petitioner's Jagir was resumed on December 4, 1952, under section 3 of the Act, by the state of Madhya Bharat. Section 4 of the Act enacts the consequences or the resumption. Section 8 of the Act provides for determination of compensati