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2007 Supreme(Raj) 1743

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AT JAIPUR BENCH
Vineet Kothari, J.
Chand Mal and Ors. - Appellant
Versus
Municipal Board, Kishangarh and Ors. - Respondent
S.B. Civil Revision Petition No. 274 of 2001 with S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2211 of 2002.
Decided On : 30-04-2007

For the Petitioners:J.K. Singhi, Advocate.
For the Respondents:S.L. Kumawat and K.N. Gupta, Advocates.

Headnote:Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 226 – The petitioner purchased the land and having registered sale deed for it. This sale deed was not challenged by civil suit. Later the deed cancelled by an order without giving notice or hearing opportunity to hear to petitioner. The cancellation order set aside and petition allowed.

JUDGMENT

1. - Both these petitions have come up before this Court indicating a chequered long history of litigation commencing from 1964. According to the petitioner, he was allotted a land for industry by the Collector, Ajmer vide order dated 7.11.1963 of 21/4 bighas (2 bighas and 5 biswas or 4500 sq. yards) of Government agricultural land in khasra No.278 in Kishangarh. The allotment to this effect was made in his favour vide allotment order dated 7.12.1964 and a registered lease deed was also executed by the Collector, Ajmer on 14.12.1964. The mutation entries were also effected in favour of the petitioner. According to the petitioner after lapse of 12 years, suddenly by an order dated 1.11.1976, the Deputy Revenue Secretary cancelled the earlier allotment order dated 28.11.1964 by holding that in view of the wrong report by the Collector about the land in question the allotment of 4500 sq. yards in khasra No.278 was made to the petitioner and, therefore, the said allotment was liable to be cancelled. The case of the petitioner is that a registered lease deed of land in question could not have been cancelled by an administrative order or letter without following due process of law for cancellation of registered lease deed in his favour or at least without giving a prior show cause notice and opportunity of hearing to him before passing the said order by the Deputy Revenue Secretary on 1.11.1976. The said order has been challenged in the connected writ petition No.2211/2002 by the petitioner. The State has not filed any reply to the writ petition despite service nor any Government Advocate appeared when the said two connected cases were taken up for hearing. However, a reply by respondent No.3 Municipal Board, Kishangarh has been filed to the said writ petition and learned counsel for Municipal Board was heard in the matter.

2. That the matter not only travelled in civil courts and firstly a decree dated 12.11.1968 in Civil Suit No.2/67 was passed in favour of the petitioner but a second appeal against the execution of said decree at the instance of objector Municipal Board was dismissed by this Court on 23.7.1986 but in a writ petition namely D.B. Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.753/1966 which came to be allowed by the Division Bench of this Court way back on 11.11.1966, the orders dated 3.8.1966 and subsequent order dated 27.9.1966 restraining the petitioner from raising any construction over the disputed land was allowed by this Court. In Execution Case No.71/1974 by the learned Munsif & Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Ajmer vide his order dated 16.11.1974, the learned Magistrate rejected the objections of the Municipal Board, Kishangarh wherein the Municipal Board insisted for permission to be obtained by the decree holder for raising any construction over the land in dispute. The misc. appeal filed by the Municipal Board against the said order dated 16.11.1974 also came to be rejected by this Court on 3.4.1975 (Civil Misc. Appeal No.120/1974). Against the judgment of this Court dismissing S.B. Civil Execution Second Appeal No.17/1975 dated 23.7.1986 the matter was taken by the Municipal Board, Kishangarh to the Hon'ble Apex Court by way of Civil Appeal No.2133/1987 which was came to be disposed of by the Hon'ble Apex Court on February 11, 1999 wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court directed as under:

"Having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, we feel that it would be in the interest of justice to remand the whole case to the Executing Court which would consider the effect of the two documents, namely, the Government Order dated 1.11.76 by which the lease in favour of the respondent purports to have been cancelled and the Notification dated 22.1.76 by which the land in question has been included in the Municipal limits while re-hearing the objections under Section 47 CPC filed by the appellant. The appeal is allowed in the above terms, but without any order as to costs."

3. Thus, the Executing Court was directed to








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