Ashok Kumar and 3 Others v. Deputy Director of Consolidation and 8 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner challenged the consolidation authority's order allowing substitution of hostile parties (remote relatives) for the physical contesting respondents. The High Court held that given the pending nature of consolidation proceedings involving villagers, such delay is not extraordinary. The application was allowed on the authority's oral request, dismissing the writ petition under Article 226
What did the court decide?
None; Writ Petition dismissed seeking substitution application.