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2013 Supreme(Raj) 1171

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Vineet Kothari, J.
Devendra Singh & Anr. - Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan & Ors. - Respondent
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4399 of 2013.
Decided On : 2-05-2013

Important Points

Rule 20 of the Rajasthan (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970, provides for the regularization of encroachment on government land by trespassers who are landless agriculturists and satisfy certain conditions. However, the court held that the petitioners did not meet these conditions and therefore their case could not be considered for regularization.

Subject

Land Revenue - REGULARIZATION OF ENCROACHMENT

Act Referred

RAJASTHAN ALLOTMENT OF LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES RULES : R.20
RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT : S.84

Headnote

LAND REVENUE - ENCROACHMENT - REGULARIZATION - RULE 20 OF THE RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE (ALLOTMENT OF GOVERNMENT LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES) RULES, 1970 - APPLICABILITY - CONDITIONS - INTERPRETATION - COURT'S ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION - WRIT PETITION DISMISSED.

Fact of the Case:

Petitioners challenged the order upholding proceedings under Section 91 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, for ejecting and removing encroachment made by them on the land in question. The authorities held that the petitioners were encroachers and their father, a government servant, fraudulently got their names entered in the revenue record to regularize the encroachment under Rule 20 of the Rajasthan (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the petitioners were trespassers who encroached on the land in question and that their father, a teacher, not a Patwari, fraudulently got their names entered in the revenue record. The court held that the petitioners' case could not be considered for regularization under Rule 20 of the Rules of 1970 due to lack of relevant and cogent evidence.

Issues: 1. Whether the petitioners were encroachers on the land in question? 2. Whether the petitioners' father fraudulently got their names entered in the revenue record? 3. Whether the petitioners' case could be considered for regularization under Rule 20 of the Rules of 1970?

Ratio Decidendi: 1. The court relied on the concurrent findings of the authorities that the petitioners were encroachers and that their father fraudulently got their names entered in the revenue record. 2. The court interpreted Rule 20 of the Rules of 1970 and held that the petitioners did not satisfy the conditions for regularization, such as being landless agriculturists and holding long possession of the land.

Final Decision: The court dismissed the writ petition, upholding the authorities' orders for ejecting the petitioners from the land in question.

Advocates:
For the Petitioners:Nikhil Dungawat, Advocate.

JUDGMENT

1. - The petitioners have filed the present writ petition aggrieved by the order dated 11.03.2013 (Annex.5) passed by the learned Single Member of Board of Revenue, Ajmer upholding the proceedings under Section 91 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (for short, hereinafter referred to as 'Act of 1956') for ejecting and removing the encroachment made by the petitioners on the land in question measuring 2 Bighas and 5 Biswas in Khasra No.206 situated in Village-Gunjol, Tehsil-Nathdwara.

2. The Tehsildar, Nathdwara, in the first instance vide order Annex.1 dated 27.08.2002, had held that the petitioners had encroached over the said land in question and the land in question was a 'Pasture Land' and the petitioner's father being a Government servant had fraudulently got entered the names of his sons, namely, Devendra Singh and Hukam Singh (petitioners herein) in the revenue record and had encroached over the land in question. The case of the petitioners under Rule 20 of the Rajasthan (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970 (for short, hereinafter referred to as 'Rules of 1970') which provides for allotment of land to the trespassers, cannot be considered favourably in his case and on the other hand, for the misuse of powers being a Government servant, the petitioner deserved to be punished suitably.

3. The said order dated 27.08.2002 of the Tehsil, Nathdwara, was challenged by the petitioners by way of appeal before the learned District Collector, Rajsamand, which Revenue Appeal No.26/2002 also came to be dismissed by the learned District Collector vide Annex.2 order dated 22.10.2002, who also held that the appellants being Government servant in the "Samvat Year" 2059 committing fraud in collusion with the revenue authorities, namely, the Patwari, got the names of his sons surreptitiously entered in the revenue record, therefore, such encroachment cannot be regularised invoking the Rule 20 aforesaid. The District Collector, however, while dismissing the appeal of the petitioners held that the petitioners will not be sent to civil jail as held by the Tehsildar. The second appeal u/s 76 of the Act of 1956 before the learned Revenue Appellate Authority, Udaipur, viz. Appeal No.186/02, also came to be dismissed by the learned R.A.A., Udaipur vide the order dated 18.11.2006 (Annex.3). The relevant portion of the order passed by the learned R.A.A., Udaipur is quoted herein below for ready reference:-

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