JUDGMENT :

By way of instant appeal, appellants have assailed judgment dated 26.12.2007 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP No. 1632 of 2002.

2. Brief facts, forming backdrop of case are that predecessor-in-interest of appellant No.1 alongwith appellant No.2 had preferred a revision petition before the Additional Director, Consolidation on 12.08.1997, inter alia, challenging the consolidation proceedings finalized in the year 1986-87. The Additional Director, Consolidation, H.P. vide order dated 29.12.2001 allowed the revision petition. The order so passed by the Additional Director, Consolidation, was assailed before this Court in CWP No. 1632 of 2002 broadly on two grounds, firstly, that the Additional Director, Consolidation had exceeded the jurisdiction by entertaining a revision petition after 10 years and, secondly, that the order was non-speaking.

3. Learned Single Judge, by upholding the contention of the writ petitioner, proceeded to set-aside the order dated 29.12.2001 passed by the Additional Director, Consolidation. It was found and held by learned Sing