IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 486 (MS) OF 2006 Raj Kumar, S/o Late Sri Sant Lal, R/o Village Kichha Tehsil Kichha, District-Udham Singh Nagar. ………………..Petitioner Versus 1. Sri Manish Kumar minor, S/o Sri Jaswant Lal, Through his father & guardian Jaswant Lal, R/o Kichha, Tehsil Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar 2. Sri Teekam Singh Chauhan, Consolidation Officer Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar 3. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary Revenue, Dehradun, U.A. ………………Respondents. Mr. Om Prakash Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no. 1 and 2., Dated 04.05.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 to hear and decide the Consolidation Cases No. 214 & 215 filed under Section 9A(2) of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act. The grievance of the petitioner is that the matter is pending since 1997 although the matter went to the higher courts and then again the matter has come to the Consolidation Officer for disposal with a direction to decide the same within 45 days. The matter was remanded by the Settlement Officer Consolidation on 04.08.2002 and since then the matter is pending before the Consolidation Officer respondent no. 2. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, respondent no. 2 Consolidation Officer is directed to disposed\ of the objections of the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. Writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 04.05.2006 Rathour