Bhanwar Singh, J.—By virtue of this petition, the petitioner Shri Ram Naresh and two others have prayed for a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the orders dated 17.8.1981 (Annexure-10), 7.1.1981 (Annexure-8) and 17.5.1980 (Annexure-7), passed by the Assistant Director of Consolidation, Deoria, Assistant Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Lucknow, Camp Padrauna and the Consolidation Officer-II, Deoria respectively.

2. According to the petitioners, Plots No. 1306, 1307/1, 1309, 1311, 1313 and 1319, area 5.5 acres belonged to Dil Mohammad, Umat

Yakub, Nasrullah and Mastedeen before the abolition of zamanindari. All of them surrendered their tenancy rights in the aforesaid land and ceased to have any concern with all the plots. The petitioners 1 and 2 and Lal Babu, husband of the petitioner No. 3 entered into the possession over the entire land and in this way, they acquired khudkast right and eventually became bhumidhar on the date of vesting. However, due to the inadvertence on the part of the revenue authorities, the names of Dil Mohammad and other erstwhile tenure holders continued to be recorded in the revenue records. The petitioners moved for correction of th