JUDGMENT :

1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel for opposite party No.1 and learned counsel for opposite parties 3 and 4. Mr. Mohan Singh learned counsel has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party No. 9. Notices to opposite party No. 2 stand dispensed with. It is admitted between the parties that the property in question has been subsequently purchased by the opposite party no.4 from the opposite parties 5 to 8 and as such the said opposite parties 5 to 8 are merely proforma opposite parties with regard to present petition. The opposite parties 3 and 4 being the primary litigating opposite parties, as such notices although issued earlier to opposite parties 5 to 8 though not served are not being taken into cognizance and the matter is being finally decided with the consent of learned counsel for parties.

2. Petition has been filed against order dated 18th February, 2020 passed by Additional Commissioner, Consolidation, Lucknow whereby the appeal No.21 of 2019 (Kodai versus Shyam Charan and others) under Section 11(1) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act has been transferred from the court of Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Ambedkar Nagar to th