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1967 Supreme(All) 208

S. C. MANCHANDA
Umrai – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
V.B.L. Srivastava, For the Appellant /

ORDER

S.C. Manchanda, J. - This is a writ petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution directed against the orders of the Consolidation authorities holding that a married daughter notwithstanding UP Act 20 of 1954 was not entitled to succeed to the interest of her mother a widow who had inherited an interest as Sirdar.

2. The material facts are these. Smt. Kewal Pati the widow of Jung Bahadur Singh was recorded as Sirdar of the plots in dispute in the revenue papers. She had before the date of vesting inherited an interest as a widow. She died on 21-12-1966, leaving behind her only married daughter Smt. Umrai, the Petitioner. Consolidation, operations started in the village and in proceedings u/s 8 of the Act, the aforesaid Kewal Pati made a statement that her name be expunged from the revenue papers and that of the Petitioners recorded in her place and as such, the name of the Petitioner was ordered to be recorded as Sirdar in place of her mother Smt. Kewal Pati. In the meanwhile, Kewal Pati died and as the order passed in the proceedings u/s 8 of the Act were not incorporated in the statement of plots and tenure holdings published u/s 11 of the Act, the Petitioner filed objection

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