IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
CHANDRA KUMAR RAI
Beni Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Chandra Kumar Rai, J.
1. Certified copy of the order dated 4.4.2017 passed in Writ C No.9879 of 2017 as well as true copy of written statement filed in Suit No.86 of 1974 at the instance of learned counsel for the respondent no.4 are taken on record.
2. Heard Mr. Ram Sajiwan Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Dr. G.S.D. Mishra and Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.4 and Mr. Shashi Kant Kushwaha, learned standing counsel for the state-respondents. 3. Brief facts of the case are that dispute relates to khata No. 55, 56 arazi Nos. 357, 358 and 359, total area 3-5-0 situated at Village Hanspur, Tehsil and District Kanpur Nagar. In the basic year khatauni, plots in question were recorded in the name of Shiv Ratan Singh (petitioner’s father). One Shiv Pal Singh filed a suit under Section 229 -B of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act) for declaration which was registered as suit No. 270 of 1970 before Sub Divisional Officer, Kanpur Nagar. The aforementioned suit was decreed ex-parte vide judgement and decree dated 31.3.1973. On the restoration application filed by Shri Somnath Shukl

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