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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Amit Borkar
Sahadeo Namdeo Mahadik (Since Deceased) Through Legal Representatives – Appellant
Versus
Writ Petition No.11467 of 2012, Civil Application (St.) No.21067 of 2016 – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Amit Borkar, J.
Civil Application (St.) No.21067 of 2016:
1. Having regard to the nature of the dispute, it becomes necessary to determine the status of the parties by applying Order XXII Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The Court is required to decide who succeeds respondent No.1 Parvatibai, in whose favour the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal delivered its judgment holding that she was the wife of tenant Mahadeo. The Tribunal further held that Mahadeo was in possession of the disputed land as a tenant.
2. The facts relevant for deciding the present civil application may be stated thus. In proceedings arising under Section 32 -G of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Tribunal, by judgment and order dated 21 September 2017, set aside the order passed by the Tahsildar and Agricultural Lands Tribunal, Mumbai, as well as the appellate authority, which had accepted the petitioners’ predecessor in title as a tenant on 1 April 1957. However, by its judgment dated 21 September 2012, the Tribunal declared Mahadeo, the predecessor in title of Parvatibai, to be the tenant as on 1 April 1957 and accordingly directed issuance of a certificate under -
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