son of the said Makhan Singh and as such succeeded to the said land. During the consolidation proceedings on petitions/objec- tions under Section 10(B) of the Consolidation Act, the Con- solidation Officer vide judgment and order dated 12.11.1979 ruled in favour of the plaintiff-appellant and directed his name to be recorded in the record-of-rights which order at- tained finality and has been implemented. Therefore, the State has no right, title or jurisdiction over the suit land which is in possession of the plaintiff-appellant. 8. The summons of the suit were received by the officers of the State but on their behalf no written statement was filed to controvert the plaint allegations despite several opportunit- 4ies. Lastly on 04.02.2006, the right of the State to file writ- ten statement was closed and the suit was fixed for hearing under Order VIII Rule X of Code of Civil Procedure. Since the plaint allegations were not controverted, no issue actu- ally arose between the parties