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SANJEEV KUMAR, PUNEET GUPTA
Aziz Parra – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of J&K – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background facts of land dispute (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments from both parties (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. court's analysis of factual findings (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. decision to set aside lower court orders (Para 15) |
| 5. conclusion and disposal of appeal (Para 16) |
JUDGMENT :
1. This Appeal under Clause 12 of Letters Patent of this Court is directed against the judgment dated 23rd February 2023, passed by learned Single Judge of this Court ("Writ Court”) in WP(C) No. 1700/2022 titled as Aziz Para & Ors. v. UT of J&K & Ors., whereby the writ petition filed by appellants herein ("writ petitioners” hereinafter), challenging the order dated 23rd July, 2022 passed by Commissioner, Agrarian Reforms (Additional Deputy Commissioner) Budgam, has been dismissed.
2. Briefly stated, the facts leading to filing of this appeal are that land measuring 01 Kanal 01 Marla falling under Survey No. 671 and 1193/640 situate at Village Gudsathoo Tehsil and District Budgam ("subject land") was claimed to be in cultivating possession of writ petitioners in Kharif 1971. Since it was respondent no. 4, owner of the subject land, who was shown in the personal cultivation of the subj
The court emphasized that findings based on incorrect co-sharer status and unjustified delay in appeals led to a miscarriage of justice, allowing the appeal and setting aside previous orders.
The judgment emphasizes the limited scope of judicial review, the application of the law of limitation with full rigour, and the importance of considering the circumstances and record in condoning de....
Fraud vitiates all solemn acts and any instrument obtained through fraud is void.
The court upheld the dismissal of a writ petition challenging a mutation due to the petitioner's failure to justify a delay of over 39 years in filing an appeal, emphasizing the importance of timely ....
The finality of mutations under the Agrarian Reforms Act, the requirement to challenge the attestation of mutations, and the invalidity of creating tenancy after May 1973 as per section 13 of the Act....
The decision on the validity of mutations in mutation proceedings does not affect the title to the property and is subject to the decree of a civil court.
Delay/Laches/Limitation - Mutation entry - Where no limitation is prescribed for invoking the revisional power that will not permit the authorities to exercise the power arbitrarily with inordinate d....
The court's decision emphasized the importance of upholding orders based on reports submitted by relevant authorities and the limited scope of interference under Article 227 of the Constitution of In....
Limited scope of judicial review in correcting errors of jurisdiction and manifest errors apparent on the face of the proceedings.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the exercise of revisional jurisdiction must be within a reasonable time, and that mutation does not confer title to the property.
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