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2023 Supreme(P&H) 2758

ARUN MONGA
Punjab State Electricity Board – Appellant
Versus
Pushwinder Kaur @ Pushpinder Kaur (died) Through LRs – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Amit Jain, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Aeshna Jain, Advocate and Ms. Anu Chatrath, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Nishant Maini, Advocate and Ms. Sandeep Kaur, Advocate (for appellant/petitioner/defendants).
Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Kanwal Goyal, Advocate & Ms. Ojaswini, Advocate (for Respondent/plaintiffs).
Mr. Vikas Mohan Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

JUDGMENT

Mr. Arun Monga, J.

Lis herein is over the rival claims of ownership of suit land viz. right of appellants set up on the basis of possession vis-a-vis the rights/title of the plaintiffs-respondents, as mentioned in the revenue record entries.

Adjudication of the dispute inter-alia pivots on the following important questions of law :-

    i). Whether State can turn from protector to predator in relation to the property of a citizen and set up a plea of ownership by adverse possession?

    ii). Whether the constitutional guarantee of a citizen's right under Article 14 to equality before the law and equal protection of the laws per se prevents the 'State' from asserting or claiming ownership by adverse possession?

    iii).If it is established that an owner has been out of possession of the property and another individual or the State entity has been in its hostile possession continuously, openly, notoriously and to owner's knowledge for the statutory period of 12 years, will owner's rights stand extinguished and vest the de jure ownership in the former?

2. This common judgement/order will dispose of three cases, as they arise out of the same suit proceedings i.e. i). Regular Second appeal be

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