Hon’ble Anjani Kumar Mishra, J.—Heard Sri B.B.Paul, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

2. This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing a notification issued by the Consolidation Commissioner, under Section 6(1) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act dated 28.9.2015.

3. It has been submitted that earlier consolidation operations were initiated in the unit in 1959. The Unit was brought under consolidation operations, a second time by a notification under Section 4-A(2) on 5.7.2013, however due to political interference, the consolidation operations were not permitted to continue, on account of which, Writ Petition No. 36083 of 2014 was filed by Sukhdev Singh and three others.

4. In this writ petition, a mandamus was sought directing the District Deputy Director of Consolidation, Shahjahanpur to start consolidation operations in pursuance of the gazette notification published on 10.8.2014. A counter affidavit was filed therein stating that a notification under Section 4(2) had been published in the gazette and a mistaken stand had been taken earlier, that this notification had not been is