Hon’ble S.N. Srivastava, J.—These cases have been knit together for being heard and decided as a composite case with the consensus amongst the counsel on a question common to all the cases under scrutiny before this Court and also that the challenge in all these cases is focused on orders passed by Deputy Director of Consolidation.

2. Factual matrix of each writ petition may be noticed in brevity before proceeding ahead.

Writ Petition No. 53754 of 2002

Writ Petition No. 43882 of 2002

3. Orders impugned in these two writ petitions passed by Deputy Director, Consolidation i.e. orders dated 26th August, 2002 are one and the same. These orders have been passed in exercise of power under Section 48 of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act and relate to allotment. The impugned orders as the record indicates, were subsequently reviewed by another order dated 9.9.2002 and a fresh order was passed by Deputy Director of Consolidation. The third order passed in the series by the Deputy Director of Consolidation is dated 11th Sept. 2002 by which schedule which formed part of the earlier order dated 9.9.2002 was again amended. In both the above petitions, notices were issued and counter a