Judgment / Order

03/03/2025 Since, all these writ petitions share similar facts and common question(s) of law, they have been heard together and are being decided vide this common order.

For convenience and ready reference, the facts are taken note of from the file of S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.2720/2022:

Banwari Lal vs. Village Development Officer and Others.

Under challenge in the writ petition is the order dated

24.11.2021 passed by the Court of Additional District Collector, Jhunjhunu (for brevity, ‘revisional authority’) in appeal no.10/2021 whereby, while allowing the revision petition filed by the respondent no.1 under Section 97 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act , 1994 (for brevity, ‘Act of 1994’), the subject patta issued in favour of the petitioner has been cancelled.

The relevant facts in brief are that validity of the patta dated

29.11.1975 issued by the Gram Panchayat Dhatarwala, Tehsil Chirawa District Jhunjhunu in favour of the petitioner was assailed by way of a revision petition by the respondent no.1 which has been allowed by the revisional authority vide order dated

24.11.2021.

Assailing the validity of the order dated 24.11.2021, the only contention advanced by lear