Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 45 -- Dispute as to title - Correct forum - Civil Court which can decide issue of title under Section 45 - Mere claim of Punjab Wakf Board in respect of a particular property alleged to be Kabaristan which is not so recorded in revenue record - Does not establish that property was wakf property unless it is so held by competent Court...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 44 -- Entries in Jamabandi - Carry presumption of truth...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37, 16 -- Mutation on the basis of unregistered decree - Haryana Government Instructions dated 19.11.1997 that registration of decrees regarding transfer of right in immovable property in favour of blood relations in the family not required and Revenue Officers should enter necessary mutations on the basis of decree of..........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15 -- Lambardar, appointment of - Services rendered as Sarbarah Lambardar - Entitles candidate to some consideration - No appraisal of work and conduct of candidate as Sarbarah Lambardar - Order appointing Lambardar set aside...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Lambardari revision - Order of District Collector appointing Lambardar upheld in appeal by Commissioner - Work and conduct of candidate as Sarbarah Lambardar - No appraisal in the order of Collector - Financial Commissioner remanded matter to District Collector for fresh decision...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Revisional powers of Financial Commissioner - Wider than revisional powers of High Court under Section 115 Civil Procedure Code - Question of fact as well as law - Can be gone into by Financial Commissioner in revision...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16(1) -- Suo motu exercise of revisional powers by Financial Commissioner - Only requirement - To provide opportunity of hearing to interested parties before setting aside order passed by subordinate officer - Section 16 empowers Financial Commissioner to set aside any order passed by his subordinate Revenue Officer in exercise of his..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16, 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Order of sanction of mutation by Assistant Collector 1st Grade, set aside in appeal by Collector which order upheld by Commissioner, Financial Commissioner set aside orders of Collector as well as Commissioner - Net result of setting aside orders of these two authorities - To restore order of Assistant Collector..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16(1) -- Suo motu exercise of power - Revision petition not filed by competent person - Financial Commissioner can still entertain revision petition and exercise suo motu powers...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Revision petition filed jointly - Financial Commissioner held that revision petition by one of the parties not maintainable - Revision petition by the other party who are interested persons and parties to litigation throughout - Maintainable...........
