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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6805/2025 Kavita Jain W/o Lalit Kumar Jain, Aged About 59 Years, Resident of 96 Sarv Ritu Vilas, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State of Rajasthan, through its Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

2. Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur, through its Commissioner.

3. Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur.

4. Deputy Inspector General, Registration and Stamps, District Udaipur.

5. Sub-Registrar-I, Udaipur. 6. Sub-Registrar-II, Udaipur.

7. Tehsildar, Girwa, District Udaipur.

8. Tehsildar, Badgaon, District Udaipur. 9. Tehsildar, Kurabad, District Udaipur.

----Respondents Connected With S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6766/2025

1. Dinesh Chandra Sharma S/o Madan Mohan Sharma, Aged About 65 Years, resident of 111, Anand Nagar, Behind Anand Plaza, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

2. Sudha Sharma W/o Dinesh Chandra Sharma, Aged About 60 Years, Resident of 111, Anand Nagar, Behind Anand Plaza, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

----Petitioners Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, through its Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

2. Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur through its Commissioner.

3. Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur.

4. Deputy Inspector General, Registration And Stamps, District Udaipur.

5. Sub Registrar-I, Udaipur. 6. Sub Registrar-II, Udaipur.

7. Tehsildar, Girwa, District Udaipur.

8. Tehsildar, Badgaon, District Udaipur. 9. Tehsildar, Kurabad, District Udaipur.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Dr.Sachin Acharya, Sr. Adv. Assisted by Mr.Samyak Dalal, Adv.

Mr.J.S.Saluja, Adv.

Mr.Vedant Agrwal, Adv. Mr.Pranjul Mehta, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr.Vijay Purohit, Adv.

Mr.Ayush Gehlot for Mr.Rajesh Panwar, AAG Mr.Shubham Ojha, Adv.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUNNURI LAXMAN

Judgment

Judgment Reserved on : 26/05/2025 Judgment Pronounced on : 29/08/2025 Corrected Judgment pursuant to the modification/ clarification application and the order dated 13.11.2025 passed in S.B. Writ Misc. Application No.383/2025

1. This order disposes of S.B. Civil Writ Petition Nos.

6805/2023 and 6766/2025.

2. The challenge in the above writ petitions pertains to order dated 27.03.2025 passed by the Udaipur Development Authority, whereby layout approval dated 24.01.2023 and consequential allotment and lease-deeds in favour of the writ petitioners have been cancelled.

3. In addition to the above reliefs, the petitioners have also challenged the directions issued by the Deputy Secretary, Department of Urban Development and Housing, vide letter dated 19.03.2025, to the Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority. These directions included instructions to initiate proceedings for the cancellation of the layout plans and the consequential cancellation of allotments and lease deeds, along with several other directives. Further, the petitioners have also challenged the communication dated 24.02.2025 issued by the Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority, whereby the lease deeds were kept in abeyance and prohibitory orders were issued, restraining transfer, sub-division, amalgamation, mutation, change of use, grant of building permissions, and further construction. Additionally, the petitioners have challenged the communications dated 27.02.2025 and 28.02.2025, which were issued in compliance with the letter dated 24.02.2025 (Annex.1).

4. The facts in both the writ petitions are almost common and are referred to hereinafter for the disposal of the aforementioned two writ petitions. The writ petitioners are the owners of khatedari lands. The agricultural lands were converted into non-agricultural land under Section 90-B of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “the RLR Act, 1956”) by orders dated 18.03.2007 and 02.03.2007. The layout plans were approved by the Urban Improvement Trust of Udaipur. The approved layout plan was a single plot intended for gr