Judgment

B. C. RAY, J. :- This is an appeal by special leave against the Judgment and Order made in L.P.A. No. 95 of 1964 dismissing the appeal holding that the land in question having already vested in the Government of Punjab under package deal, the authority under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 had no jurisdiction over lands in question.

2. Appellant, Pala Singh, a displaced person, was allotted 9 standard acres and 12-1/4 units of land in village Mill, Tehsil District Patiala in lieu of his land left in Chack No. 204 in 1950. He got the same quantity of land in village Alipur Arain on Mutual exchange with an allottee of the said village. The appellant was not allotted any land for the land left by him in village Santpura and Jaffarpur in Tehsil Patiala, District Gujarat. The area of Chack No. 204 R.D. was described as a suburban area by the State Government. The appellant applied for allotment in village Tripari Sayidan, a suburb of Patiala. City. After due verification from the records of the Rehabilitation Department at Jullundur, the petitioner being found entitled to the suburban allotment to the tune of 10 standard acres and two units as we