BANTA SINGH Vs. DY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution It chapter of Consolidation dated 18th July. 1970 and that of the Settlement Officer (Consolidation) dated 3rd July 1963.

(2.) THE facts leading UD to this petition lie in a narrow campass.

(3.) IT appears that the very next, Gur Rachan Singh executed a sale deed in favour of respondents Nos. 4 to 10 puissant to the agreement dated 5th September. 1961. Eventually the peti tioner's suit was decreed against Gur bachan Singh on 23rd September. 1963. In execution of the decree, the disputed plot was put up for auction on 16th Au gust. 1964. The petitioner being the highest bidder, his bid was accepted and he himself purchased the plot at the suction and obtained formal possession on 31st May. 1965. In the meantime the vendees from Gurbachan Singh Sita Ram and others, got their names mutat ed pursuant to the sale deed in their favour.