IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 305 of 2010 Rajpal S/O Bhartu, R/O Village Akbarpur Eud, Pargana Pawalapur, District Haridwar. … Petitioner. Versus 1. Deputy Director of Consolidation (D.D.C.)/A.D.M. Haridwar. 2. Settlement Officer Consolidation (S.O.C.), Roorkee, Haridwar. … Respondents. Mr. Niranjan Bhatt, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. P.C.Bisht, Brief Holder, learned counsel for the respondents. Date March 5, 2011. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. The only prayer made in the present petition is for issue a direction to the Deputy Director of Consolidation/A.D.M. Haridwar to expedite the hearing/disposal of Reference No. 14/08-09 State Vs. Amar Muni etc., under Section 48(3) of the Consolidation of Holdings Act and all the miscellaneous cases arising out of the same within a time frame. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that by order dated 2-4-2009, the respondent no.2 has sent the matter for reference before the respondent no.1. A perusal of the order dated 2-4-2009 passed by the Assistant Settlement Officer Consolidation, Haridwar Camp Roorkee shows that the reference has been made afresh in compliance of the order dated 18-7-2007 passed by the D.D.C. Prayer made in this writ petition is innocuous. The D.D.C. concerned is directed to decide the reference sent to him by the Assistant S.O.C. in compliance of his order dated 18- 7-2007 as well as all connected miscellaneous proceeding arising out of the same, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order, if they are not already disposed of. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S.Verma, J.) RCP