INDERMEET KAUR, J.

C.M. No.38847/2016 (exemption)

Exemption is allowed subject to just exceptions. Application disposed of.

W.P.(C) 9716/2016 & C.M. No.38848/2016

1. By way of this writ petition, petitioner seeks quashing of order dated 07.10.2014 passed by the District Judge qua 26 bighs 17 biswas of land bearing Khasra no.110 min. situated at Bela Estate, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the suit property)

2. The facts which emanate from the petition disclose that petitioner was the member of the Delhi Peasants Co-operative Multipurpose Society Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Society). In 1949, the Society was allotted agricultural land on either side of the river Yamuna being 13,344 on an yearly rent of Rs.59,863/- by the DDA. The appellant being peasant/agriculturist and the members of the society was allotted the suit property by the Society and is stated to be cultivating the land for more than 65 years. A lease was executed between the Delhi Improvement Trust (predecessor of the DDA) and the Socierty in the year 1949. The socierty had thereafter allotted this land to its members for cultivation. The lease was extended in 1956 and thereafter in 1961. The DDA sought