2. This group of petitions raises common issue as regards exercise of revisional jurisdiction under Section 257 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code [for short "MLRC"] and hence the same are taken up for hearing together and decided by this common judgment.
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3. At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the private respondents raised an objection as regards the maintainability of petitions, as according to them, the petitioners have an alternate remedy of revision before the State Government. The challenge in the group of petitions is the refusal to exercise the revisional jurisdiction by the Additional Collector involving interpretation of provisions contained in Chapter XIII of the MLRC governing appeals, revisions and review. The order of the Additional Collector cannot be said to have been passed in exercise of powers under Section 257 of MLRC as against which revision would lie to the State Government and as such I have thought it fit to take up the petitions for hearing.