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2023 Supreme(All) 2734

SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY
Indra Raj Mahila Mahavidyalay Odwara Basti – Appellant
Versus
Deputy Director of Consolidation Basti – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner: Ved Prakash Shukla
For the Respondent: C.S.C., Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Shahabuddin

JUDGMENT

Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J.

The issue raised in this writ petition has been partially dealt with in a judgment passed by this Court on 29.08.2023 in a bunch of cases, leading being Writ B No. 947 of 2023 (Basdev v. State of U.P. and 5 others)(Neutral Citation No. 2023:AHC:173700) that Section 11 -A of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 would not have any bar in reopening a case, if the revenue entries in regard to nature of land was such that it not be a part of consolidation and relevant part thereof are mentioned hereinafter -:

    "29. The argument that Deputy Director of Consolidation has taken cognizance of application at very belated stage i.e. after more than 2 decades, may be relevant but since there is per se presence of element of 'fraud on statute' and that Assistant Consolidation Officer has allotted a public land to petitioners without any 'necessity' or 'expediency' and without any alternative land being earmarked for said public purpose ('pasture land'), therefore, as it is well settled that a 'fraud' which also includes a 'fraud on statute', if detected, can be considered even at any later stage. Legal principle that 'fraud vitiates every solemn act' which

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