Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Contested mutation - Tehsildar has no power to decide contested mutation...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation based on Civil Court decree - Contested mutation - Civil Court decree against Gram Panchayat - Villagers contest the mutation - Revenue Officer while giving effect to Civil Court decree has also to go into total circumstances of the case particularly when interest of Gram Panchayat not watched before Civil Court...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, Section 117, 111 -- Stay of partition proceedings - Mutation entered on the basis of registered Adoption Deed - Adoption Deed challenged in Civil Court which suit is still pending - Plea that partition proceedings should be stopped till judgment of Civil Court is received - Not tenable - Partition proceedings need not be held up because the matter..........
Natural justice -- Order if to be amended or changed - Incumbent to call the parties, explain the situation to them and then pass appropriate order - Failing this, permission for review should be sought - Revenue Officers in judicial and quasi - judicial matters should conduct themselves strictly as per prescribed procedure - Order cannot be changed without calling the..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16, 13, 15, 116, 118 -- Appeal in partition case - Collector remanded case to Assistant Collector 1st Grade for visiting site and finalising mode of partition afresh - Commissioner dismissed appeal saying in last paragraph: "appeal kharaj kiti jandi hai" - Copy of this order given to respondent - Later on Office of Commissioner issued..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation of inheritance - Registered Will - Mutation sanctioned on the basis of Registered Will - Valid - Other heirs if have any grouse against Registered Will - Can go to Civil Court...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 34, 35, 36, 37 -- Mutation of surplus area - Challenge to surplus area by big landowner - Case pending in High Court - Two warring parties - Mutation if made out in the name of either of them - Other party will go to High Court - Best that surplus land remains mutated in the name of State which will abide by final decision of High..........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15(b) -- Lambardar, appointment of - Holding of land in Patti or Taraf - Necessary...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 16 -- Lambardari revision - Order of Collector appointing Lambardar upheld in appeal by Commissioner - Candidate claimed to be holding land while actually only a mortgagee as land mortgaged with him and later on mortgaged land stood redeemed - Violation of Rule 15(b) which clearly says that candidate must hold land in Patti or Taraf -..........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 19B -- Harijan Lambardar, appointment of - Ownership of land by candidate - Not essential criteria - Ownership of land cannot be given weight - Rule 19 - B makes no mention of ownership of land in case of Harijan Lambardar...........
