JUDGMENT :

LOK PAL SINGH, J.

1. By way of instant writ petition, moved under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner State seeks to set aside the order dated 26.03.2018, passed by the Board of Revenue, Uttarakhand, Dehradun in Revision No. 166/2017-18, Amandeep Singh and Another vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others.

2. Facts leading to filing of present writ petition are that respondent nos. 1 and 2 purchased the suit property from Board of Methodist Church in India through Power of Attorney Sri Aman Jassoriya through registered sale deed dated 19.01.2009. Some persons namely, Richard Wheeler and Puran Singh instituted suits against the State of Uttarakhand and others for declaration of their right under Section 229B of the UPZA&LR Act, claiming their adverse possession on the suit property. It is pertinent to mention here that the suit property includes two residential houses and land appurtenant thereto which is recorded in the name of American Methodist Mission, which was subsequently purchased by Respondent nos. 1 and 2 from Board of Methodist Church in India through registered sale deed. Thereafter, the names of respondent nos. 1 and 2 were recorded in the revenue