Hon'ble Prakash Krishna, J.—The petitioner Bheekam Chandra who has been in settled possession of the property in question for the last 50 years, earlier his father and after his death he came in possession has been dispossessed without recourse to any legal proceedings, by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sasni) who acted in the light of the order passed by the District Magistrate and the District Magistrate at the instance of a local MLA namely Shri Genda Lal Chaudhary, without recourse to any legal, quasi legal or to even summary proceedings, ex parte, arbitrary and whimsical.

2. Khasra No. 40 situate in Bijahari Tehsil Sasni District Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar), later converted as Plot Nos. 40/2 and 27 is the subject-matter of the present writ petition. A temple, dharamshala and 20 shops are there on the said plot.

3. Indisputably, Smt. Kishani Kunwar, the then Zamindar established a temple of Jawala Ji Maharani on the said plot, owned by her. She maintained the temple during her life time. She died in the year 1950-51 without leaving any issue. Shri Devi Prasad father of the petitioner claimed himself as nephew of Smt. Kishani Kunwar started managing the temple after death o