This appeal has been preferred by the writ petitioners against the judg­ment and order dated 28.09.2012 passed by the learned Writ Court in OWP No. 635/2010, whereby the writ petition has been dismissed with costs quanti­fied at Rs.20,000/ to be paid by the writ petitioners.

2. In the writ petition, the appel­lants challenged the orders dated 15.04.2008 and 09.05.2008 passed by respondent No. 1 (Financial Commis­sioner) in an appeal filed by the private respondents against mutation orders No. 722 to 741 dated 04.09.2006; No. 742 to 761 dated 16.12.2006; and mutation order No. 762 dated 02.06.2007 passed by Tehsildar concerned. The appellants in the aforesaid writ petition also chal­lenged conversion of the appeal by re­spondent No. 1 into a revision petition and the proceedings conducted by re­spondent No. 1, first in the appeal and after its conversion, in the revision petition. The appellants also sought a writ of mandamus/prohibition direct­ing the respondents not to cause any interference in their possession over the land covered by the aforesaid mu­tations and further, not to cause any kind of stoppage of irrigation water to these lands in any manner whatsoever.

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