Punjab Utilisation of Surplus Area Scheme, 1973 -- Tenant resettled in 1965 on surplus area declared under Punjab Security of Land Tenures At - Application for purchase of surplus land by allottee - Death in 1977 of original landowner Plea of heirs that surplus area has to be re-determined in relation to their status as small landowners- Not tenable - Tenant resettled on..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 18 -- Not necessary that tenant should have been a tenant on the 'and on April 15, 1953 when Act came into force - Tenant entitled to purchase tenancy land provided other conditions satisfied-Should have completed minimum period of six years at the time when application for purchase by tenant is made...........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 24A -- Separation of surplus area from reserved area after consolidation - Officer competent to utilise surplus area (Circle Revenue Officer) can after a summary enquiry separate two blocks of land i. e. area allotted in lieu of surplus area and area allotted in lieu of permissible area - Cannot change nature of land in..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 24A(2) -- Separation of surplus area after consolidation - Tenant undoubtedly a person concerned in the matter - Notice and hearing to tenant - Necessary - Order passed under Section 24-A(2) without notice or hearing to tenant - Not binding on tenant...........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section s, 10A - - Dispossession wrongfully of resettled tenant from surplus area - Suit for possession in Civil Court beyond one year of dispossession of resettled tenant - Barred by limitation - A tenant wrongfully dispossessed of his tenancy by his landlord if fails to file a suit as required by Section 77(3)(g) Punjab Tenancy..........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 9 -- Civil Procedure Code, Order 20 Rule 14 and Order 21 Rule 35 - Whether tenant in actual physical possession of land can be ejected in execution of preemption decree and whether pre-emptor entitled to only symbolical possession or actual possession - Tenant inducted by vendee of preemptible property - Sale successfully..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 20, Rule 14, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 35 -- Pre-emption decree - Rights and consequences - Title of pre emptor in respect of pre-empted property accrues from date on which payment of purchase money and costs (if any) made in accordance with Order 20 Rule 14 - Pre-emptor entitled to delivery of possession of pre-empted..........
Haryana Ceiling on Lands Holdings Act, 1972, Section 9, 4, 12(3) -- Selection of permissible area from land declared surplus under Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act but not utilised - Landowner divested of surplus area declared in his hands under Section 12(3) of Haryana Act on 24.1.1971 before Haryana Act came into force - Not entitled to select permissible area for his..........
Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972, Section 8 -- Sharp distinction between provisions of Section 8 Punjab Land Reforms Act and Section 12(3) Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act - Surplus area declared under Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act - Vesting in State - Under Punjab Land Reforms Act on the date possession taken by or on behalf of State Government - Under Haryana..........
Haryana Ceiling on Lands Holdings Act, 1972, Section 33(2)(ii), 33(2)(iii) -- Saves only proceedings for determination of surplus area pending immediately before commencement of Act - Cases finalised before passing of Act - Cannot be reopened except under Section 33(2)(iii) by Financial Commissioner in exercise of revisional powers - Appeal filed after a lapse of more than..........
