B.N. KAWALE vs DHONDI BHIMA PATIL .

The Supreme Court held that under Section 85-A of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the revenue authority is the only competent authority to determine tenant status, and civil courts lack jurisdiction in this matter. The Court found that the respondent could not contest the tenant status after allowing the decree of non-tenancy to become final. Consequently, the High Court's direction to the executing Court to reconsider the tenant status was deemed unjustified, leading to the allowance of the appeal.