By means of this petition, the petitioner prays for issue of a writ in the nature of certiorari for cancelling the allotment of the patta on the report dated 24-12-93, approved by the opposite party No. 1 as contained in Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition. He also prays for issue of a writ in the nature of Mandamus by which he has prayed that the opposite party No. 3 namely; Ram Kumar Goswami be restrained from interfering in peaceful possession of the Gaon Sabha over the pond in dispute.

2. The present writ petition is filed by one Babu Ram, the Pradhan of Gaon Sabha-Shamshuddin Pur Post Office-Khempur, Distt. Faizabad, praying relief for the Gaon Sabha. The petitioner filed this writ petition without serving a copy on Sri R. N. Gupta. , Advocate, the counsel for the Gaon Sabha but we called Sri R. N. Gupta Advocate and directed the petitioner to hand over a copy of this petition to him. Sri R. N. Gupta, Advocate, the learned counsel for the Gaon Sabha raised preliminary issues and submitted that the present writ petition is not maintainable as the same has been filed by the Pradhan himself and secondly, the same has been filed through a private counsel. He pla