Hon’ble Abhinava Upadhya, J.—We have heard Sri Ved Mani Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri D.K.Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents.

2. By this writ petition we have been asked to consider the grant of the following prayers:

(i) issue a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 18.5.1982 (Annexure-4) passed by respondent No. 3.

(ii) issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent No. 3, not to dispossess the petitioner from the land and the parties may be directed to maintain status quo over the land.

(iii) issue any other and further writ order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the present writ petition.

(iv) Award the costs to the writ petition in favour of the petitioner.

3. The facts, in brief,as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner are that the petitioner was a recorded tenure holder in Village Harunagala of Plots No. 535, 559, 296 and 534. Out of the said holding the vacant land of the petitioner was 8837.39 Sq.Meter. The statement under Section 6 (1)