JUDGMENT 1. - In this writ petition the petitioner claims that he was a tenant of certain land in the former State of Bikaner and that by virtue of Section 15 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act he became a 'Khatedar' tenant thereof on October 15,1955, when the said Act came into force. The contention of this learned counsel is that although his land falls within the Rajasthan Canal area, the petitioner became a 'Khatedar' tenant because the provisions of Section 15-A of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act which prohibit the accrual of 'Khatedari' rights in lands within the Rajasthan Canal Area, according to him, are ultra vires of Article 19 and 31 of the Constitution of India and as such are void. I need not enter into a detailed discussion of this question as the constitutional validity of Section 15-A of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act has already been examined by a Full Bench of this Court in Maharaja Himmat Singh v. State of Rajasthan and others (F. B. Reference in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1127 of 1970 and 497 connected writ petitions) and by the order dated December 15, 1971 , it has been held that Section 15-A of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act is valid and is not hit by Article 19, 31 or 31-A of the Constitution. In accordance with the provisions of Section 15-A of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, no 'Khatedari' rights could ever accrue or be deemed to have accrued to the petitioner, who, according to his own showing, was an occupant of land in the Rajasthan Canal Area. The petitioner, therefore, did not acquire 'Khatedari' rights in the land in question on October 15, 1955, or at any time and his possession, if any, cannot be protected on that basis. 2. No other point, except the question of the Constitutional validity of Section 15-A of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act was canvassed before me and the petitioner is not entitled to any relief. 3. The writ petition, therefore, fails and is dismissed. No orders as to costs. *******