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16. The Supreme Court held in Ramadhar Singh (supra) that the existence of the sale deed being a registered sale deed was not questioned and the fact that it was executed prior to January 24, 1971 was also not in dispute therefore any inquiry regarding the validity of such a sale deed under sub-Section (6) of Section 5 was totally misplaced. The Prescribed Authority had no jurisdiction to put the validity of sale deed to test since its jurisdiction arose only when the deed of transfer had been effected on or after the appointed day. Sub-section 6 of Section 5 did not confer jurisdiction on the authorities to determine the validity of the sale and therefore the findings recorded by such an authority on the contents of the sale deed or the adequacy or otherwise of the sale consideration could also not be gone into. 17. With regard to the argument made on behalf of the petitioner that the registered sale deed made in favour of alleged Moti Ram Naik being of a date prior to the appointed day and thus could not be looked into at all on the basis reliance placed on the judgment rendered in the case of Ramadhar Singh Vs. Prescribed Authority & others 1994 Supp (3) SCC 702, the said argument is wholly misconceived and hence liable to be rejected.