ORDER :

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The respondents No. 4 to 10 are the successors-in-interest (legal representatives) of one Ghulab Nabi, S/o Abdullah. Said Ghulab Nabi joined by the respondent No. 11-Kulsum Begam and the respondent No. 12-Rashid Ahmed came to file an appeal under the provisions of the Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976 assailing khasra girdawari entries of kharif 1971 with respect to land measuring 7.8 kanals in khasra No. 261 of village Chakka, tehsil Bhaderwah, district Doda recording the nature of land to be an orchard. In the said appeal, the petitioner herein figured as a sole respondent.

3. The appeal was originally submitted before the Additional Deputy Commissioner (with the Powers of Commissioner Agrarian Reforms), Doda on file No. 893/CARD dated 23.07.2009 but later on, it came to be transferred to the Additional Deputy Commissioner (with the Powers of Commissioner Agrarian Reforms), Bhaderwah on file No. 12/RA bearing date of institution 18.01.2019.

4. Said appeal came to be decided by the Additional Deputy Commissioner (with the Powers of Commissioner Agrarian Reforms), Bhaderwah by virtue of an order dated 04.08.2022.

5. The appellate authority o