By the Court.—The petitioner, who was an officer of the Revenue Department of the State of U.P., was posted as Consolidation Officer at Muzaffar Nagar and he passed an order on 20.3.1996, under Section 9-A(2) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act in case No. 3205 of 1990. By this order, the petitioner allowed the claim of objectors in respect of plots No. 2829/0-2-0, 2831/0-6-0 and 2832/3-1-0 of Khata No. 689. The plots were directed to be recorded as bhumidhari with transferable right of the objectors after deleting the entry of Bhatta/State land.

2. The order dated 20.3.1996 has been made the basis for initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner and ultimately the order impugned dated 9.8.2001 has been passed by the Consolidation Commissioner, State of U.P., against the petitioner, whereby the pension of the petitioner has been deducted/reduced by 25%. The petitioner has challenged the order aforesaid dated 9.8.2001 by filing the present writ petition. This Court, while admitting the present writ petition on 6.2.2012, noticed that the validity of the order in question of the petitioner dated 20.3.1996 is still subjudice before this Court in Writ Peti