WRIT - C No. 1002672 of 2001 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 1002672 of 2001 Nanhu And Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus Raksha Ram And Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : S.K. Mehrotra, I.D.Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Alka Verma, Deepak Chandra Jain, Q M Haque, Tanay Hazari, Vijai Bahadur Verma A.F.R. Judgment Reserved on 27.10.2025 Judgment Delivered on 12.11.2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. Under challenge is the order dated 27.08.2001, passed by the District Registrar, Gonda in exercise of powers under Section 73 of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short, 'the Act of 1908'), whereby it has directed the registration of sale-deed to be executed in favour of the private-respondents. 2. In order to appreciate the controversy involved in the instant petition, it will be relevant to notice certain facts giving rise to the instant petition. 3. The original-petitioner No.4, namely, Matai, was the recorded tenure- holder of Bhumidhari Plots No.64, 203, 157 and 163, situate in Village Pakri Kaishwar, Post Bishnupur Bairiya, Pargana, Tehsil and District Gonda. The case set up by the petitioners No.1 to 3 was that Matai was living with them as