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2025 DAILYLAW 139521 (ALL)

SUNIL DUTT v. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION, PRATAPGARH AND OTHERS

WRIB/426/2023 · 2025-04-10

Saurabh Lavania

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:20434 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - B No. - 426 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sunil Dutt Respondent :- Deputy Director Of Consolidation, Pratapgarh And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar Srivastava,Priyam Mishra,Saurabh Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Hemant Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the State-respondents and perused the record. By means of the present petition, the petitioner has sought following main relief(s) :- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding the opposite parties to correct the C.H. form 41 and 45 and entered the name of the petitioner by way of order of the Settlement Officer of Consolidation, Pratapgarh order dated 29-08-1985, contained as Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition, in the interest of justice. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding the opposite parties to decide the representation dated 12- 04-2023 of the petitioner contained as Annexure No. 4 to this writ petition." In view of various pronouncements on the issue including the judgments passed in the case of Pateshwari Dutt Pandey Vs. Deputy Director of Consolidation, Faizabad and others, 2015(129) RevDec 4, Sripal & two others Vs. D.D.C. Raebareli & 4 others, 2017 (137) Rev Dec189, Bhunesh Dutt and others Vs. Joint Director of Consolidation and others, 2015(126)RevDec 525, Bhagwat Prasad Vs. State of U.P. and two others, 2015 (126) RevDec 666 and Gafoor Vs. Additional Commissioner, Lucknow and others, 1979, RD 76, after publication of notification under Section 52 of Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (in short "Act of 1953"), the power could not be exercised by the authorities under the Act of 1953, this Court is not inclined to entertain the instant petition. Accordingly, it is dismissed, after publication of notification under Section 52 of Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (in short "Act of 1953"), the power could not be exercised by the authorities under the Act of 1953, this Court is not inclined to entertain the instant petition. Accordingly, it is dismissed. Order Date :- 10.4.2025/Mohit Singh/- Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench