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A mulraiyat, Pradhan or village headman not to settle waste land or vacant holding with himself or co-mulraiyat without the sanction of the Deputy Commissioner.- A mulraiyat, pradhan or village headman shall not settle any waste land or vacant holding with himself or any co-mulraiyat without the previous sanction in writing of the Deputy Commissioner. COMMENT Mulraiyat and village pradhan are similar words. Village headman is also of the same category. Muraiyat retain raiyati land patta of the land cancelled- Because petitioner was grandson of village pradhan- Held-Cancellation is invalid as petitioner was not retaining any raiyat- The word Mulraiyat is Synonymous with the word “village Pradhan” or “Village Headman” and only difference is that Mulraiyat are entitled to retain their raiyat lands. There was no material before Divisional Commissioner to retain raiyat lands. There was no material before Divisinal Commissioner to hold that the petitioner was in any way retaining any raiyati land in the capacity of Muraiyat or in capacity of Co-mulraiyat of the merely because the petitioner happened to be Bhagina (Sister’s son ) of the village pradhan, he could not have been categorized a co-mulraiyat attracting the provisions of section 29 of the Act. {Gadahar Mandal v.state of Bihar, 2000 (3) BLJ 784: 2000 (3) PLJR 756 (Pat)}.