Judgement

RAY, J.:- This is an appeal by special leave from the judgment dated 13 July, 1965 of the High Court of Allahabad dismissing Special Appeal No. 314 of 1965.

2. The respondents in the present appeal confined their relief in the High Court to plots Nos. 573 and 1039 of village Hathwara, Pargana and Tehsil Saidpur, District Ghazipur.

3. The facts in the present appeal are these. The respondents made an application under Article 226 of the Constitution for quashing the order of the Deputy Director of Consolidation dated 7 September, 1963 dismissing the revision petition of the respondents against the order of the Settlement Officer (Consolidation). Ghazipur dated 22 June, 1963 ordering the entry of the names of the appellants in respect of the plots in dispute in the present appeal.

4. The circumstances under which the names of the appellants were entered and the names of the respondent were expunged by the appropriate authorities are as follows.

5. Litigation concerning the plots in dispute had gone on. Ram Dhari, father of the appellants claimed to be sub-tenants of Math Sri Chand in respect of the said plots. The respondents on the other hand claimed possession of the plots and