IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 651 of 2002. 1. Ilyas S/O Karemuddin and eight others. … Petitioners. Vs. 1. Assistgant Collector 1st Class, Roorkee, District Haridwar. 2. Tahsildar, Roorkee, District Haridwar. …Respondents. Mr. Arvind Vashist, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. K.P.Upadhay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondents. Date April 02, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought a writ for setting aside the order dated 23-4-2001 passed by respondent no.1 in Case No. 53 of 2002 under Section 176-A of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules 1952 (for short the Rules), whereby the lease in favour of the petitioners has been cancelled after expiry of the period of five years. It is the admitted case of the petitioners that asami patta were granted in their favour. The petitioners claim themselves to be in possession of the land allotted to them under asami patta, which has been cancelled by the Assistant Collector 1st Class Roorkee by the impugned order dated 23-4-2001. I have perused the averments made in the memo of writ petition. 2 It is not disputed that the land had been allotted in favour of the petitioners under Section 176-A of the Rules. Proviso appended to Section 176-A (1) of the Rules reads as under:- “Provided that no lease shall be made to an asami for a period exceeding five years.” A perusal of the record shows that that the Lekhpal concerned had reported that the lease period of five years had already expired and on the basis of the report made by Tehsildar Roorkee, the impugned order dated 23-4-2001 has been passed by the Assistant Collector 1st Class Roorkee. The impugned order does not suffer from any manifest error of law or jurisdictional error. The impugned order does not call for any interference by this Court. The writ petition being devoid of merit must fail. The writ petition is dismissed. Interim order dated 21-7-2003 is hereby vacated. (B.S.Verma,J.) RCP 3