Hon'ble B.S. Verma, J. : By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought the following relief :-

(a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 11-12-1996 passed by Additional Collector Dehradun in Appeal No. 50 of 1993-94.

(b) Issue any writ. order or direction which this Hon 'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

(C) Award cost of the petition to the petitioner.

2. Relevant facts giving rise to the present writ petition, according to the petitioner, are that the respondent No.2 moved an application before the Assistant Record Officer Dehradun under Section 154 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1950 read with Section 34 of the Land Revenue Act alleging there therein that the respondent no. 2 had purchased the disputed property bearing plot No. 40/1. measuring 0-18 Acre through different sale deeds in the year 1981 from Pawan Indra Singh and Jogi Arul1 Singh. both sons of Ravindra Singh. The disputed property consisted of one house and two shops. The respondent no. 2 prayed for mutation of his name on the basis of sale deed in the revenue records.

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