Judgment

BEG, J.:- This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissing in limine an appeal against a judgment and order of a learned Single Judge of that Court by which a Writ Petition made to the High Court had been granted.

2. We have been taken through the very detailed judgment of the learned Single Judge where all the relevant facts are considered in detail. The questions which have been raised before us are: firstly, whether the learned Single Judge was justified in considering the facts of the case and recording certain findings of fact without having even the advantage of the record of the proceedings of the Deputy Chief Settlement Commissioner, and other officers who had given certain other findings in favour of the appellant, secondly, whether the learned Single Judges findings of fact are correct: and thirdly, whether any such apparent error was disclosed in the proceedings of the authorities acting under the Refugees Rehabilitation and Settlement Act as to justify interference by the High Court. It was urged that a mistake apparent on the face of the record has to be one which does not necess