Prabhagiya Van Adhikari Awadh Van Prabhag vs Arun Kumar Bhardwaj (Dead) Thr. Lrs.

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2021 Supreme(SC) 591

HEMANT GUPTA, V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Prabhagiya Van Adhikari Awadh Van Prabhag – Appellant
Versus
Arun Kumar Bhardwaj (Dead) Thr. Lrs. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Naushad Ahmad Khan Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. M.Z.Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Ali Safeer Farooqi, Adv. Mr. Syed Imtiyaz Ali, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Harinder Mohan Singh, AOR

JUDGMENT :

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

1. The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad on 30.11.2005 whereby the writ petition filed by the respondents¹[For short, the ‘lessees’] was allowed.

2. The High Court vide the impugned order has set aside the order dated 08.07.2004 passed by the Deputy Director of Consolidation, Lucknow, wherein, the revenue entry of Khasra Nos. 1576 and 1738 was ordered to be corrected in the name of Department of Forest and the claim of rival claimants were set aside.

3. A notification dated 11.10.1952 under Section 4 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950²[For short, the ‘Abolition Act’] was published in U.P. Gazette dated 18.10.1952 to the effect that an area of 162 acres in Village Kasmandi Khurd shall not vest with the Gaon Samaj. The relevant extract of the notification reads thus:

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2021 Supreme(SC) 591

HEMANT GUPTA, V.RAMASUBRAMANIANPrabhagiya Van Adhikari Awadh Van Prabhag – AppellantVersusArun Kumar Bhardwaj (Dead) Thr. Lrs. – Respondent

HEMANT GUPTA, V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN
Prabhagiya Van Adhikari Awadh Van Prabhag – Appellant
Versus
Arun Kumar Bhardwaj (Dead) Thr. Lrs. – Respondent