Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15 -- Lambardar - Appointment - Age - Not prescribed as one of the qualifications-58 years not an age when a person becomes incapacitated or imbecile - Physically fit and active - Sufficient - Youth not prescribed as one of the qualifications for first appointment under Rule 15...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 116, 118, Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954, Section 128, 130 -- Departure from sanctioned mode of partition, if circumstances of case so warrants - Proper course - To amend mode of partition first, after getting approval of Officers under whose control Revenue Officer is immediately subject...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 123, Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954, Section 135 -- Confirmation of partition privately effected between the parties - Procedure which Revenue Officer should follow-To summon parties interested and then enquire from them about the fact whether there was a private partitio, Finding that private partition in fact been made -..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 118, 116, Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954, Section 130, 128 -- Partition not according to mode of partition - Illegal - Settled rule that Revenue Officer while dealing with partition case should not make any departure from sanctioned mode of partition...........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15 -- Lambardar, appointment of - Death of Lambardar candidate - Son of deceased Lambardar candidate - Cannot pursue application submitted by his father - Appointment of Lambardar is in his personal capacity - During pendency of proceedings if a person dies- His legal heirs are not entitled to be impleaded as parties to proceedings...........
Punjab Land Revenue Rules, 1908, Rule 15 -- Lambardar, appointment of - Relative merits and demerits of applicants- To be considered in relation to date fixed for receipt of applications - Application received after last date fixed for receipt of applications - Time barred - Cannot be considered...........
Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972, Section 4, 7, 9 -- Declaration of surplus area of landowner - Notice and hearing to transferee - Necessary - Land transferred (in 1975) after coming into force of Act which fact stood recorded in revenue records before order passed (in 1977) by Collector Agrarian - Transferee interested party - Has a legal right to be heard by Collector -..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 44 -- Khasra Girdawari entries - No presumption of truth attaches - Relationship of landlord and tenant - Cannot be determined simply on the basis of Khasra Girdawari entries...........
Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, Section 10, 18 -- Whether purchase under Section 18 collusive and void - Incumbent on Collector to examine matter properly bringing on file relevant entries from, revenue record and other evidence relevant instead of basing on conjectures - Collector cannot surmise that purchase conclusive merely because order of Assistant..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 45 -- Jamabandi entry, any change therein - Can be brought out only by filing a civil suit - No interference possible with entry incorporated in Jamabandi...........
