JUDGMENT :

SANGEETA CHANDRA, J.

1. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Manendra Nath Rai, who appears for the opposite party no. 4 and the learned Standing Counsel Shri Atul Kumar Dubey, who appears for the State respondents.

This writ petition has been filed challenging the order dated 28.01.2015 passed by the Consolidation Officer, on an application under section 9A (2) Of the Consolidation of Holdings Act (herein after referred to as ‘the Act’) and the order dated 12.06.2015 passed by the Settlement Officer Consolidation and also the order dated 11.09.2015 passed in Revision by the Deputy Director Consolidation.

2. In brief, the case set up by the petitioner Rajendra Prasad is that plot nos. 705 and 712 were originally recorded in the name of Shri Lakshmi Narayan son of Chhannu Lal who died during consolidation operations. After the death of original tenure holder the names of his three sons Rajendra Prasad, Vijay Kumar and Sushil Kumar were mutated by the Assistant Consolidation Officer by an order dated 20.10.1996, plot nos. 712 and 705 are adjacent to each other and both were consolidated as Chak No. 493 and recorded jointly in the names of the three brot