JUDGMENT

B.N. Nigam, J. - Srimati Tulsa and another filed Writ Petition No. 596 of 1963 under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 20th August, 1963 passed by the District Director of Consolidation, Rae Bareli copy of which is annexure 3 with the petition. We may here point out that the name of opposite-party No. 1 does not appear to have been correctly mentioned. The officer purported to act in exercise of his powers as a Director of Consolidation and the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act (U.P. Act V of 1954) does not envisage any officer by the name of District Director of Consolidation.

2. In the petition it was stated that plot No. 1206 of village Panhauna, Pargana Inhauna, Distt. Rae Bareli was entered in the name of Mata Prasad who left only two daughters, the present petitioners. The Khata was not ancestral. During the consolidation proceedings the petitioners applied for entry of their names in place of Mata Prasad. Opposite-party No. 2 filed an objection and claimed to be in possession since long. Three other persons also filed objection whose claim was rejected by the Consolidation Officer. The petitioner's claim was ac