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2013 Supreme(MP) 907
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT AT GWALIOR BENCH
S.K.Gangele, G.D.Saxena, JJ.
Rajesh Kumar Gupta and Others - Appellant
Versus
State of M.P. and Others - Respondent
W. P. Nos. 7702, 7704, 7733, 7782, 7783, 7815, 8162, 8274 and 8505 of 2012
Decided On : 04-04-2013
Important Points
Subject
Land Dispute - Fraudulent Land Transactions
Act Referred
Headnote
Fraud - Land Dispute - M. P. Nagar Tatha Gram Niyesh Adhiniyam, 1973 - Section 50(7), Section 56 - Section 54 - Scheme Lapse - Right to Property
Fact of the Case:
Petitioners purchased land after final publication of the scheme and constructed houses without permission. Gwalior Development Authority (GDA) claimed ownership of the land and sought to dispossess the petitioners.
Finding of the Court:
Petitioners did not acquire legal ownership of the land as they purchased it after the final scheme publication. GDA had implemented the scheme within the prescribed period. The Court directed the Economic Offence Wing to investigate illegal activities and prosecute offenders.
Issues: Validity of land ownership post-scheme publication, lapse of scheme, legality of GDA's actions, and fraudulent land transactions.
Ratio Decidendi: The right to property cannot be acquired after the final scheme publication. GDA's implementation of the scheme within the prescribed period negated the scheme lapse. Illegal activities by land sellers and GDA officers warrant investigation and potential prosecution.
Final Decision: All writ petitions dismissed. Economic Offence Wing directed to investigate and prosecute offenders if illegal activities are found.
For petitioners: N. K. Gupta
(in W. P. Nos. 7702, 7733, 7782, 7783 , 7815 of 2012),
Prashant Sharma (in W. P. No. 7704 of 2012),
Rajmani Bansal (in W. P. No. 8162 of 2012),
Deependra Singh Kushwah (in W. P. No. 8274 of 2012)
and B. M. Patel (in W. P. No. 8505 of 2012)
For respondent Nos. 1 , 2-State (in all the Writ Petitions):Vivek Khedkar, Deputy Advocate General
For respondent No. 3-GDA: Deepak Khot (in W. P. No. 8162 of 2012) , Ravindra Dixit (in remaining Writ Petitions)
JUDGMENT :
S.K. Gangele, J :-
Writ Petition No. 7782 of 2012 [Krishnapal Singh Chauhan and others vs. State of M. P. and ors.] and Writ Petition No. 7783 of 2012 [Premnarayan Dwivedi and ors. vs. State of M. P. and ors.] have been filed by the petitioners claiming a relief that the respondent No. 3 be restrained from dispossessing the petitioners from the land of survey No. 63/3 situate at village Dinarpur, Tahsil and District Gwalior.
Writ Petition No. 7702 of 2012 [Rajesh Kumar Gupta and ors. vs. State of M. P. and ors.]; Writ Petition No. 7733 of 2012 [Smt. Kusum Tomar vs. State of M. P. and ors.]; Writ Petition No. 7815 of 2012 [Vasudev Shrivas and ors. vs. State of M. P. and ors.] and Writ Petition No. 8505 of 2012 [ Smt. Ramshree Bai and Anr. vs. State of M. P. and ors.] have been filed by the petitioners claiming a relief that the respondent No. 3 be restrained from dispossessing the petitioners from the land of survey No. 61 situate at village Dinarpur, Tahsil and District Gwalior.
Writ Petition No. 7704 of 2012 [Bhoori Bai vs. State of M. P. and ors.] has been filed by the petitioner claiming a relief that the respondent No. 3 be restrained from dispossessing the petitioner from the land of survey Nos. 268, 269, 270, 280, 281, 253, 64, 70, 63 and 24, situate at village Dinarpur, Tahsil and District Gwalior.
Writ Petition No. 8274 of 2012 [Dharmendra Singh Bhadoriya vs. State of M. P. and ors.] and Writ Petition No. 8162 of 2012 [Pratap Singh Tomar and ors. vs. State of M. P. and ors.] have been filed by the petitioners claiming a relief that the respondent No. 3 be restrained from dispossessing the petitioners from the land of survey No. 64 situate at village Dinarpur, Tahsil and District Gwalior.
2. The petitioners pleaded that they purchased the land vide registered sale deeds from the owners of the land. The details of each of the petitioner, date of execution of sale deed, owner and survey Nos. are as under :-
Writ Petition No. 7782 of 2012
| Name of the purchasers | Date of execution of sale deed | Owner | Survey No. |
| Krishnapal Singh Chauhan | 31.03.2010 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Sunita Kushwah | 02.11.2002 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Kok Singh s/o Lakhan Singh | 13.06.1997 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Uday Singh | 13.08.2008 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Vishwajit Singh Tomar | 22.06.2011 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Rama Gautam | 05.02.1997 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Mahesh Kumar Sen | 19.08.2002 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Pramod Kumar Shrivas | 24.01.2001 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Laxmi | 09.07.2004 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Geeta Mishra | 15.06.1998 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Preeti Sharma | 21.02.2012 | Ramwati Shrivas | 63/3 |
| Smt. Urmila | 16.10.2007 | Ladodevi & Smt. Sumandevi | 63/3 |
| Smt. Renu Rajawat | 10.03.2008 | Mahendra Singh | 63/3 |
| Smt. Munnidevi Bhadoriya | 18.11.2002 | Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj and Dinesh Kumar Bhardwaj | 63/3 |
| Smt. Rajendra Singh Prajapati | 16.10.2002 | Smt. Sunita Devi | 63/3 |
| Smt. Keshavdevi | 31.05.2010 | Smt. Savitri Devi | 63/3 |
| Smt. Anita | 28.03.2011 | Smt. Kitabshri Ojha | 63/3 |
| Smt. Sangita Devi | 19.09.2007 | Hanuman Singh Tomar | 63/3 |
| Jainendra Singh Yadav | 5.10.2011 | Smt. Alpana Tomar | 63/3 |
| Smt. Seema Parihar | 11.05.2005 | Keshav Singh Kaurav | 63/3 |
| Smt. Pushpadevi | 20.04.2009 | Munna Singh Rajawat & Smt. Prakashi Devi | 63/3 |
| Smt. Omlata Chauhan | 08.01.2004 | Balveer Sharma | 63/3 |
| Raja Singh Bhadoriya | 09.07.2007 | Smt. Munni Devi | 63/3 |
| Devendra Singh Gurjar | 25.09.2009 | Munna Singh Rajawat | 63/3 |
| Smt. Sushiladevi | 09.01.2004 | Kok Singh | 63/3 |
| Ghan | |||
