AGARWALA, J. :- This is a petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by certain tenure-holders of village Goharpur in Pargana Shamli, district Muzaffarnagar. The relief claimed in the petition is that a writ of certiorari be issued quashing the orders of the Assistant Director Consolidation of Holdings, the Settlement Officer Consolidation of Holdings, and the Consolidation Officer making certain allotments of consolidated holdings in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the U. P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1954 (Act No. V of 1954), hereinafter referred to as the Consolidation of Holdings Act.

2. The petitioners are members of a registered co-operative society named The Goharpur Cooperative Agricultural Society Ltd. They are tenure-holders of land totalling about 100 acres. Tehsil Kairana in which the petitioners village Goharpur is situated was put under the consolidation of holdings scheme some time in the year 1955. Originally the scheme affected 223 villages but later on by means of a notification dated May 23, 1955, the scheme was cancelled in respect of 14 villages and was to be put into effect in the remaining villages only including v