1995 Supreme(Raj) 981
B.R.ARORA, D.C.DALELA
Pat Ram – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. - Petitioners Pat Ram and Bhagwana Ram were allotted 100 Bighas of Barani land of Khasra No. 466-Min. of Village Jhajhu, Tehsil Kolayat, District Bikaner, by the Tehsildar vide order dated 7.9.1963 under the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1957 (for short, 'the Rules, 1957'). On 15.5.74 the Khatedari rights with respect to this very land were conferred upon the petitioners and they became the Khatedar tenants of the land in question. After the petitioners became the Khatedar tenants of the land in question, one Har Lal filed a complaint before the Collector, Bikaner, challenging the allotment of the land made in favour of the petitioners. The learned Collector, Bikaner, exercising its powers under Sub-rule (4) of rule 14 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970 (for short, 'the Rules, 1970') cancelled the allotment made in favour of the petitioners vide its order dated 3.9.1979. While cancelling the allotment made in favour of the petitioners, the Collector, Bikaner, observed that (i) while making the application for allotment of the land, the petitioners have wrongly shown their
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