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PETITIONER:

ADHUNIK GRAH NIRMAN SAHAKARI SAMITI LTD. ETC.

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR.

DATE OF JUDGMENT28/02/1989

BENCH:

OZA, G.L. (J)

BENCH:

OZA, G.L. (J)

SAIKIA, K.N. (J)

CITATION:

1989 AIR 867 1989 SCR (1) 848

1989 SCC Supl. (1) 656 JT 1989 Supl. 46

1989 SCALE (1)511

ACT:

Rajasthan Land Reforms and Acquisition of Land Owners

Estate Act, 1963: Sections 2(b), 2(d), 2(f) and

7--’Estate’--What is--’Land’ situated within boundaries of

Umaid Bhavan Palace--Held do not fall within definition of

’estate’.

Rajasthan Urban Property (Restriction of Transfers) Act,

1973: Section 3(2)--Prohibition on transfer of land--Trans-

fer effected after August 16, 1971--Held not void.

HEADNOTE:

After attainment of Independence, the rulers of the

erstwhile princely States of Rajasthan entered into a Cove-

nant with the Government of India for integrating their

States into one. Article 12 of the said Covenant provided

for the private properties of the rulers of the Covenanting

States, and clause (i) thereof prescribed that the ruler of

each of the Cove