Judgment

Mrs. Sudeepti Sharma, J.

The instant writ petition is directed against the order dated 25.8.2021 (Annexure P-1). The said order is rendered by Director, Land Records, Punjab, Jalandhar, through his exercising jurisdiction, as became conferred upon him through Section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings Act (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) 1948 (for short ‘the Act of 1948’).

2. A reading of Annexure P-1 discloses Mihan Singh, who is respondent No. 3 in the present petition filed a petition under Section 42 of the Act of 1948 contending therein that at the time of consolidation of village Dappar, Tehsil Dera Bassi his father Gamma son of Gainda was allotted non-owned (gair malik) area 0B-2B vicinity and 0B-1B Rude vide Resolution No. 6 Sr. No. 50. However, entry of the said allotment was not made in the last record. Similarly vide Sr. No. 51 area 0-2 vicinity and 0-1 Rudi was allotted to Sako son of Mamanddin as non-owner. Further in the last record of the consolidation, name of the father of the petitioner therein i.e. respondent No. 3 herein, was not mentioned in the column of cultivation in the beginning of khasra No. 850, whereby the possession was handed over to