1. Jiwan Singh and others filed a petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the order of the Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings dated 27-7-1967, a copy of which was filed as Annexure A to the writ petition. Written statements were filed on behalf of Puran Singh and Shankar Singh, sons of Sunder Singh, in whose favour the order had been made by the Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings. The writ petition was allowed by a learned Single Judge of this Court on the ground that the application under section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (hereinafter called the Act). had been made beyond the period of six months prescribed by Rule 18 of the East Punjab Holdings (consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Rules, 1949, (hereinafter called the Rules) and that the delay in filing the application had been condoned by the learned Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings, on wholly extraneous grounds. In coming to that conclusion, the learned Judge relied on Division Bench judgment of this court in Sewa Singh V/s. State of Pu