Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, Section 7A(1)(ii), 22, 32NN -- Relevant date for evaluating land of any person - 30.10.1956 i.e. land owned by a person immediately before commencement of Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Second Amendment) Act, 1956 - Land acquired after such commencement i.e. 30.10.1956 - Evaluation to be made on the date of such..........
Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, Section 22, 20, 2(h), 7A, 5, 32D -- Acquisition of proprietary rights by tenant in respect of tenancy land - Entitlement as to - A tenant as defined in Section 2(k) who is not liable to be ejected as provided in clauses (a) and (b) of sub - section (1) of Section 7 - A is entitled to file application for acquisition of..........
Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, Section 3 -- Permissible limit for holding - No landowner or tenant shall hold land exceeding 30 standard acres or 60 ordinary acres - Legislature put limits on holding of land both in its qualitative and quantitative aspects - Permissible limit for holding would be at the most 30 standard acres of land and where such 30..........
Urban Lands (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, Section 10(1) -- Excess land - Determined and notification issued - Excess land vested in State Government - No revision or appeal filed for 10 years - Writ petition thereafter for redetermination of excess land on ground that competent authority had not taken into consideration share of petitioners sister in joint family -..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 31A(1) -- Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 - Urban Land Act challenged as violative of Article 31A(1) on ground that there is no provision in the Act regarding payment of compensation at market rate for acquisition of agricultural land - Argument misconceived - What is taken over by State is excess vacant land - Article..........
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...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for declaration of title and possession - Plaintiffs must succeed on the strength of their own title alone and not on the mere pleading that defendants are trespassers and not entitled to continue in possession - Mere producing sale deed does not establish title of plaintiff unless it is proved by examining attesting witnesses..........
