SMT. NIRMA DEVI AND 8 OTHERS v. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION AND 2 OTHERS
WRIB/3790/2025 · 2025-09-16
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 188338 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - B No. - 3790 of 2025 Court No. - 50 HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J.
1. Heard Shri Shivajee Singh Sisodiya, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent Nos. 1 & 2 and Shri Puran Nath Shukla, learned counsel for the respondent No. 3.
2. By the impugned order dated 12.08.2025, the Deputy Director of Consolidation, Bareilly has rejected the application filed by the petitioners for recall of the order dated 17.03.2025.
3. The specific ground of the petitioners that the map on the basis of which the corrections were made was contrary to the earlier maps and the situation existing on the ground. The petitioner was not given an opportunity of hearing. Further the aforesaid aspects have not been considered in the impugned orders. The petitioners have been prejudiced since the substantive rights over the disputed parcels of land have not been examined on merits.
4. The aforesaid submissions could not be disputed by the
learned counsel for the respondents. Hence this Court opines that the impugned orders were passed in violation of principles of natural justice and by adopting a procedure not known to law.
5. The impugned orders dated 12.08.2025 and 17.03.2025 passed by the respondent No. 1 are liable to be set aside and are set aside. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shivajee Singh Sisodiya Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Puran Nath Shukla, Sarita Dwivedi Smt. Nirma Devi And 8 Others .....Petitioner(s) Deputy Director Of Consolidation And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
6. The matter is remitted to the Deputy Director of Consolidation, Bareilly. The Deputy Director of Consolidation, Bareilly shall decide the restoration application on merits after hearing all the necessary parties preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this
order.
7. The writ petition is allowed. September 17, 2025 Jaswant WRIB No. 3790 of 2025 2 (Ajay Bhanot,J.) Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad