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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

Advocates Appeared:
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)

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.

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.

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
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2013 Supreme(MP) 907

MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT AT GWALIOR BENCHS.K.Gangele, G.D.Saxena, JJ.Rajesh Kumar Gupta and Others - AppellantVersusState of M.P. and Others - RespondentW. P. Nos. 7702, 7704, 7733, 7782, 7783, 7815, 8162, 8274 and 8505 of 2012Decided On : 04-04-2013

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.

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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