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VINIT KUMAR MATHUR
Raju – Appellant
Versus
Divisional Forest Officer – Respondent
ORDER
1. The present batch of writ petitions arise out of the similar and identical order 17.09.2015 (Annex.6) passed by the Board of Revenue, Ajmer on the revision applications preferred by the petitioners under Section 84 read with Section 9 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ’the Act of 1956’), therefore, the present writ petitions are heard and decided by this common order.
2. For deciding the controversy, the facts of S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5356/2018 (Raju & Ors. V/s Divisional Forest Officer & Ors.) are being taken into consideration.
3. Brief facts which are necessary to be noted in the present case are that the petitioners were allotted lands in the year 1974 under the Rules of Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as ’the Rules of 1970’) and since then the petitioners are in possession of those lands. After the lands were allotted, the proceedings under Section 90B for conversion of the land was undertaken by the UIT, Udaipur and the conversion orders were passed in the year 2007. Against the conversion orders, the respondent No.1 preferred appeal before the Divisional C
The legal principle established is the authority of the Board of Revenue to allow revision petitions and remand matters for further consideration.
District Collector is not empowered to review his own order as there is no provision of law available which permits him to do so.
The judicial review of the decision-making process is permissible, but not of the decision itself.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that a compromise confirmed by a civil court decree can affect the standing of parties to challenge entries in revenue records, and that no interfe....
The proceedings under Section 136 of the Act of 1956 are summary in nature and cannot be treated as a suit, thus the application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC is not maintainable.
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