Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Revisio, Financial Commissioner's powers - Plenary - Does not envisage any such restriction as referred to in Financial Commissioners decisions in Gurdwara Patti Aminpur's case 1958 P. L. J. 5 and Ram Singh's case 1968 P. L. J. 8 - Financial Commissioner exercising revisional powers under Section 16 can go into questions of fact..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 44 -- Jamabandi entries - Presumption of truth attaches - Not conclusive - Can be disproved by reliable evidence...........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 16(ii) - - Scope of - Collector conferred discretion to consider desirability of dismissing - Person if suffers from any of the disabilities or disqualifications prescribed in seven clauses of sub-rule (ii) - Matter of dismissal left purely at the discretion of Collector - Collector to decide in the circumstances of each case : (a)..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Revision in Lambardari case - Choice of Collector confirmed by Commissioner - Not to be interfered with unless proved to be against Rules...........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 16(i) - - Scope of - Five clauses of sub-rule (i) prescribe circumstances under which headman shall be dismissed - No scope for discretion - Person if found to be covered by any of these clauses - Necessarily to be dismissed...........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15, 16(ii)(d) -- Conviction over 12 years old of taking part in illicit distillation - Minor infringement not disqualifying for appointment as Lambardar - Collector's choice of a candidate who suffered from any of the disqualifications under sub-rule (ii) a long time ago - Neither illegal nor irregular...........
East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, Section 42 -- Conversion of one class of land mentioned in revenue record to another i. e. rectification of revenue records existing prior to repartition to change classification - No authority with Consolidation Authorities - Statement of classification of land for purposes of consolidation..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Revision, interference in - Restricted to cases of : (i) grave miscarriage of justice, or (ii) procedure being followed has material irregularity, or (iii) want of jurisdiction...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 15, 16 -- Sanction for review - Revision against - Superior Officer of view that as partition affected, possession changed and even construction having taken place, it would be futile to re-open case through a review and parties better advised to approach Civil Court - Interference in revision not justified to stop review...........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1953, Section 81(1), 82(2), 85 -- Gram Panchayat gave contract for removing dead-bodies of animals from streets of village - Recovery of balance of amount due on contract as arrears of land revenue - Illegal - Section 81(1)(f) entitles Gram Pa, Chayat to sale proceeds of dead-bodies of animals which are not claimed by any person in accordance..........
