Hon’ble Rajan Roy, J.—Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State.

2. This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the order dated 24.6.2017 passed by the S.D.M. concerned in proceedings under Sections 33/39 of the Land Revenue Act, 1901 (in short ‘Act, 1901’) at the behest of the petitioners herein for correction of records in respect of Gata No. 6 and 23, as also the revisional order dated 9.8.2017 passed by the Commissioner, Faizabad under Section 210 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006.

3. The facts material to the case are that the petitioners proposed to purchase the land in question from opposite party No. 4 on the basis of entries in the revenue records in respect of the said land in Khatauni pertaining to 1396 Fasli - 1401 Fasli in his favour. However, in this process they detected that in the Khatauni for the period 1402 Fasli - 1407 Fasli pertaining to the same land, the name of opposite party No. 5 was recorded, therefore, after collecting relevant information they, alongwith the opposite party No. 4, filed an application dated 29.6.