B.S. Verma, J.

1. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the judgments and orders dated 11.3.1996 passed by Settlement Officer Consolidation (Annexure No. 6) and dated 1.5.1999 passed by Deputy Director of Consolidation (Annexure No. 19).

2. The dispute in the present writ petition relates to khata no.129 khasra no.862/1, 863/1, 864/1 and 865-A situated in village Majhola, Khatima, District Udham Singh Nagar. The respondent nos.3 and 4 claim themselves to be owners by adverse possession on parts of the aforesaid land on the basis of their alleged continuous possession since 1966. The proceedings under the Consolidation of Holdings Act (for short, the Act) started in the year 1986 by issuance of notification dated 20.9.1986 u/s 4 of the Act. Pursuant to the initiation of proceedings under the Act, the respondent no.3 filed his objections u/s 9-A of the Act claiming themselves owners of the land on the basis of adverse possession on the hand in question since 1966. Similar objection was also filed by respondent no.4 who also claimed themselves to be in physical possession of a part of the land in dispute. Besides