Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 4 -- Expression "site of a village" - Scope of - Abadi Deh or village site to be seen in relation to revenue record as prepared at the time of Settlement - Whatever area demarcated at Settlement as site of village alone to be treated as such - Areas subsequently demarcated for construction of residences or for tethering of cattle or..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 111 -- Partition of land - Any joint owner may apply for partition if (a) his share entered in last Jamabandi, or (b) his right to a share established by decree of Court, or (c) his title admitted in writing by all persons interested in admission or denial thereof - Co-sharer entered in Jamabandi - Entitled to ask for partition -..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 4 -- Land to be excluded from operation of Act must satisfy two conditions : (1) occupied as site of a village, and (2) not assessed to land revenue - Both conditions have to be satisfied - Mere fact that house built on plot allotted for residential purposes and land not assessed to land revenue - Cannot take it out of purview of..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 31 -- Entry as co-sharer in jamabandi - Means land demarcated as a separate Khasra number - plot part of Abadi Deh...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16(3), 17(3) - - Essential requisite before Collector can exercise power under sub-section (3) of Section 16 - To issue a show-cause notice and to afford to interested parties opportunity of being heard - Report by Collector to Financial Commissioner under sub-section (3) of Section 16 together with his opinion - Cannot be made save..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 101, 16, 11, 107, 17, 12 - - Revenue Officer defining limits or boundaries of properties under Section 101 - A statutory authority exercising powers under the Act - If Revenue Officer acts without or in excess of jurisdiction or commits illegality or irregularity in exercise of his jurisdiction - Such excess, error or irregularity..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16(2), 16(3), 17(2), 17(3) - - Subsection (2) of Section 16 empowers Collector to call for record of any case pending before or disposed of by any Revenue Officer under his control - Only power vested in Collector under sub-section (3) of Section 16 is to report such case together with his opinion for orders of Financial Commissioner..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 11(4), 12(4) - - Collector has "control" over all other Revenue Officers in his district - Control is administrative in character - Does not extend to or encompass quasi-judicial or statutory functions specially vested in inferior Revenue Officer - Power of control under Section ll cannot be construed as empowering Collector to..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 101, 3(1), 107, 4(5) - - Revenue Officer can define limits of any area : (i) for which a separate record-of-rights has been made, or (ii) which has been separately assessed to land revenue, or (Hi) would have been so assessed if the land revenue had not been released, compounded for or redeemed, or (iv) which the State Government has,..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 - - Placement of Sections 11 and 12 under heading "Administrative Control" and Sections 13 to 16 under heading "Appeal, Review and Revision" bring out Legislative intention of maintaining a clear demarcation between different powers exercisable by superior Revenue Officers over inferior..........
