1999 Supreme(Raj) 1392
J.C.VERMA
Prithvi Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. :- The petitioner is aggrieved against the orders passed by the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan under the Land Ceiling Department dated 25.5.1981, Additional Collector, Kota dated 10.6.1983 and the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, Ajmer dated 5.6.1985 and 26.8.1987 with the prayer that all these orders be set aside so far it relates to the fixation of the ceiling area of the petitioner under the Ceiling Act.
2. It is the submission of the petitioner that the initial proceedings were initiated by the SDO, Ramganj Mandi under Chapter III-B of the Rajasthan tenancy Act, 1955 and the proceedings were dropped on 12.8.1971, but after the new Act having come into being i.e. Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973 (here-in-after referred to as the New Ceiling Act), it is stated that the case of the petitioner was reconsidered when the petitioner was asked by the SDO, Baran to furnish a return under section 10 of the New Ceiling Act. The case was subsequently transferred to the SDO, Kota who had decided the matter on 17.4.1976 holding therein that the petitioner was having a khatedari 209 Bighas 13 Biswas of land equivalent to 83.86 ordin
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