(Passed on 6^th January, 2020)

The petitioner (since dead now represented through

legal heirs) has filed the present petition being aggrieved by

order dated 29.4.2011 passed by Board of Revenue, M.P.,

Gwalior in Review Petition No.712-PBR/10, whereby the

preliminary objections raised filed by him have been dismissed.

2.

Facts of the case necessary for disposal of this

petition are as under :

(i)

The M.P. Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960

(hereinafter referred to as “the Ceiling Act” for short) was

enacted by the State of M.P. on 1.10.1960 to provide for

imposition of ceiling on agricultural holdings, acquisition and

disposal of surplus land and matters ancillary thereto.

(ii) When the Ceiling Act came into force, there were many

agricultural lands and forest land in the territory of erstwhile

Dewas Senior State held in the name of petitioner's father;

Tukojirao Puar Religious and Charitable Trust; Shri Krishnajirao

Puar Religious and Charitable Trust; and Dewas Farm Project

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Pvt. Ltd. The rulers of Dewas Senior State also owned a palace

called “Anand Bhavan Palace and land which were included in

the list of private property as ex-rulers of the