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2023 Supreme(All) 2640

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
SAURABH LAVANIA, J.
Ram Kripal - Petitioner
Versus
Sub Divisional Magistrate, And 2 Others - Respondents
MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 NO. 585 OF 2023.
Decided On : 08-02-2023

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner: Akhilesh Kumar Srivastav,Rahul Srivastava.
For the Respondent: C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta.

Headnote:(A) U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 - Section 161; U.P. Land Revenue Code, 2006 - Section 67 and Section 101 - Application for exchange of land - Petitioner sought expeditious disposal of an application for land exchange pending before the Sub Divisional Magistrate and a stay on proceedings under Section 67 - Petition was found not maintainable as the petitioner failed to follow previous court directives regarding lawful application submissions and lacked necessary resolutions. (Paras 2-4)

(B) Principle of maintainability in writ petitions - A previous petition regarding similar subject matter was dismissed, and the petitioner failed to comply with the court's instructions to apply in accordance with law; thus, current petition was not viable. (Paras 3, 6)

Facts of the case:
Petitioner sought direction for expeditious disposal of an application for exchanging land, contending that his association with the land was being unjustly challenged and obstructed by authorities despite a previous ruling allowing fresh application as per law.

Findings of Court:
The court dismissed the petition, affirming the necessity of adhering to statutory provisions and prior rulings, permitting future lawful applications by the petitioner.

Issues: The main issue was the maintainability of the petition based on earlier rulings and the proper procedures for land exchange as per relevant law.

Ratio Decidendi: The court highlighted the importance of following legal procedures for land exchanges and the implications of previous court rulings on maintaining case validity.

Result: Petition dismissed, with allowance for future applications to be made according to law.

Table of Content
1. petition for land exchange (Para 1 , 2)
2. preliminary objection on maintainability (Para 3)
3. court's decision on application validity (Para 4 , 7)
4. previous petitions and dismissals (Para 5 , 6)

JUDGMENT

Saurabh Lavania, J.

Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, Sri Pankaj Gupta, learned Counsel for Gaon Sabha- respondent and Sri Hemant Kumar Pandey, learned State Counsel.

2. By means of the present petition, the petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of application preferred by petitioner for exchange of land filed under Section 161 of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1950 (in short "Act of 1950") presently registered as Case No. T2013025743478 and is pending before opposite party no. 1-Sub Divisional Magistrate (Judicial), Tehsil Patti, District -Pratapgarh as also that opposite party no. 2-Tehsildar, Tehsil Patti, District Pratapgarh, be directed to not to proceed further in proceedings initiated under Section 67 of Land Revenue Code 2006, has also been sought. The main reliefs sought are as under:-

    "I. To issue order or direction to the opposite party no. 1 to decide the case no. T2013025743478 under Section 161 of the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, Rajpati v. Gaon Sabha and others pending in the Court of Sub Divisional Magistrate (Judicial) Patti Pratapgarh contained as Annexure No. 1 to this petition in the interest of justice.

    II. To issue order or direction to the opposite party no. 2 not to proceed further proceedings of under Section 67 U.P. Land Revenue Code 2006 as case no. T202202570406598 Gaon Sabha v. Ram Kripal Yadav pending before opposite party no. 2 contained as Annexure No. 13 & 14, till the disposal of pending case no. T2013025743478 under Section 161 of the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, Rajpati v. Gaon Sabha and others pending before opposite party no. 1 contained as Annexure No. 1 to this petition in the interest of justice."

3. At the very outset, learned State Counsel has raised preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the present petition. Elaborating his submission, he stated that earlier the petitioner approached this Court by means of Writ-C No. 3221 of 2022 (Ram Kripal v. State of U.P. and Others), which was finally disposed of vide order dated 02.06.2022. This Court after observing that "it is claimed that the College is owner of Gata No. 172 and 173, however, it has also used some public utility land recorded in the Khatauni for the purposes of playground under the control of Gaon Sabha for construction of some building" opined that the application submitted by the petitioner-Ram Kripal was not in accordance with law and thereafter taking note of the relevant provision of the U.P. Land Revenue Code 2006 i.e. Section 101 Code of 2006, disposed of the petition, providing liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh application strictly in accordance with law. However, in the instant case, after the order of Division Bench, the petitioner/concerned i.e. College has not preferred any application under Section 101 of the Code of 2006, for the purposes of exchange of land. Thus, the present petition for the reliefs sought, is not maintainable. The order of Division Bench dated 02.06.2022 on reproduction reads as under:-

    "Heard.

    The petitioner claims to be Manage of Matafer Laghu Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Dasrathpur, Tehsil Patti, District Pratapgarh.

    It is claimed that the College is owner of Gata No. 172 and 173, however, it has also used some public utility land recorded in the Khatauni for the purposes of playground under the control of Gaon Sabha for construction of some building. Now, the Institution seeks exchange of certain land owned by it i.e. Gata No. 172 and 173 with Gata No. 160 as stated by Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, counsel for the petitioner. In this regard, it is claimed that an application has been submitted before the Sub Divisional Magistrate dated 15.09.2018, however, when we peruse the said application contained as Annexure No. 5, we do not find any such

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