Judgment

P. K. GOSWAMI, J.:- This order will govern all the above four appeals.

2. The above civil appeals are directed against the common judgment of the Allahabad High Court in Writ Petitions Nos. 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2148 of 1971. One Nathu Masih was the recorded bhoomidar of the lands in dispute. The appellants claim to have purchased for valuable consideration the disputed lands by two registered sale deeds both of July 21, 1959, from Nathu Masih. The appellants, however, did not obtain mutation of their names in the record of rights. Meanwhile consolidation proceedings were commenced under the U. P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (U. P. Act No. V of 1954) (briefly the Act). Appropriate notifications in C. H. Form 5 were issued under Section 9 read with Rule 25 (c) of the U. P. Consolidation of Holdings Rules, 1954, in November 1966 inviting objections to the issue of extracts from records and statements and publication of records under Sec. 8A of the Act. Under Section 9 (2) objections may be lodged by any person to whom notice has been sent or by any other person interested within 21 days of receipt of the notice or of the publication of the notice under subsection (1). o