The respondent based his title on three grounds, namely, (i) that his father Munni Lal was recorded occupant in Khasra 1356 Fasli (be ginning from 1.7.1948 and ending with 30.6.1949) and became adhivas under section 20(b)(i) of the Zamindari Abolition Act; (2) that his father Munni Lal was in cultivatory possession of the disputed land it Khasra 1359 Fasli (beginning from 1.7.1951 and ending with 30.6.1952 and consequently he became adhivasi under section 3 of the U.P. Land Reforms (Supplementary) Act, (U.P. Act No. 31 of 1952);and (3) that his father Munni Lal was sub tenant over the disputed land and, there fore, he became an adhivasi and consequently the sirdar under the provisions of the zamindari Abolition Act.