9. Now, we may refer Section 13 of the Act, which provides that once all these exercises are over and plots are consolidated, then the drafts scheme is published in terms of Section 13(1) of the Act and Section 13(2) of the Act, it is deemed to be final. There may be certain objections but ultimately once it is done, then new Chak Certificates are issued under Section 15 of the Act to the land owners and then under Section 16 of the Act, the scheme is confirmed altering the record of rights. This finishes the consolidation proceedings. What is then left is formality for the Government to issue the Gazette Notification in terms of Section 26A of the Act, denotifying the consolidation proceedings but, as noted above, for all practical purposes the consolidation activities are finalized and come to an end, after the Draft Scheme is put up under Section 13(1) of the Act. It is a matter of regret that in most of the areas in the State of Bihar, though consolidation operations were notified in the year 1970 or thereupon, till date, i.e., 45 years, Notification under Section 26-A of the Act have not been issued. In the present case, as noted above, the stage of Section 13 (1) of the Act had crossed in 1981 itself (and not 1991 as noted by Collector) while in 1983 Chak Certificate had been issued. Nothing remained
