Anathenam Land Assignment Fraud: What the Law Says

2019 Supreme(Online)(MAD) 717

Originally, the above said lands were assigned to the member of schedule caste community people in the year,1962. On violation of conditional order of granting assignment has been cancelled, and the above said land is vested with the Government. ... In this regard it is submitted that the lands, which are classified as 'Nanja Anathenam' can be assigned for cultivation and not for house sites and therefore, in the present case, the lands can not be assigned as house sites. ... Thereafte....

2023 0 Supreme(Mad) 3064

in the assigned land. ... Merely because the land which was assigned was not under cultivation for a few fasli years, there cannot be any justification for initiating proceedings for cancellation of assignment. One of the conditions of assignment is that the land assigned should be brought under cultivation. ... Learned Additional Advocate General then submitted that the so-called assignment in favour of the respondent's father-in-l....

2023 0 Supreme(Mad) 2130

Pertinently, the Government land assigned to the ''Depressed Class'' should be cultivated by the Assignee himself or the members of his family or with hired labour or both. If at all any violations are noticed, the Government Authorities are empowered to cancel the said assignment. ... Pertinently, the Government ordered assignment of land in favour of the ''Depressed Class People'' is no way connected to the petitioner. There is no relationship between the Government and the writ petitioner in the matt....

Madras High Court

land register. ... in Old S.No.83/2 was wrongly clubbed with R.S.No.161 and was classified as Anathenam in the resurvey Old Survey No.83/2 measuring to an extent of 1.29 acre with of 1.29 acre with R.S.No.161 and classifying the same as Anathenam ... Records, Department of Survey and Land Records, p style="position:absolute;white-space:pre;margin:0;padding:0;top:459pt;left:74pt

When he came to file answer in the money case in 1941 he only stated that the plaintiff fraudulently got him to sign the agreement P 1, not that it had been extinguished. ... Five years later the lessee assigned a half share of the leasehold interest to D. for a sum of Rs. 150. Some years later D. paid the consideration due under the agreement. ... A lessee who obtained an option to acquire the portion of land leased by the lessor at the end of a term of years if he observed certain conditions agreed to sell a half share of the ....

2024 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 78119

Registration of an instrument of conveyance was refused by the appellant on the ground that the land has been classified as Anathenam in the revenue records and a guideline value is shown as nil. ... The fact that the land is shown as Anathenam in the settlement register cannot be a ground for refusal to register the sale deed, more so, when the revenue records stand in the name of the 1st respondent.

2023 0 Supreme(Ker) 776

But, when a land is assigned specifically invoking the Land Assignment Rules, the holder of the land impliedly knows the purpose, for which the land has been assigned. ... The issue, that was considered by the learned Single Judge is whether the land assigned under the Land Assignment Rules, 1964 can be used for any other purpose other than the purpose, for which the land has bee....

2023 0 Supreme(Telangana) 223

Under the latter G.O., there is a prohibition to alienate the assigned land, whereas if the land had been assigned to petitioners’ predecessors-in-title under G.O.Ms.No.743 Revenue Department dt.30.04.1963, such ex-servicemen were permitted to sell the land assigned to them vide G.O.Ms.No.1117 dt.11.11.1993 ... The petitioners have not produced any relevant documents to show that the land was assigned under the ex-servicemen category. The a....

2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 5956

After a lapse of six years, an application was filed seeking alternate land. When the assigned land was not cultivated and conditions of assignment are violated, appellant has no right to claim alternate land. ... Petitioner applied for assignment of Tharisu Land in S.No.531/9 of Punjai Kala Mangalam Village, Erode Taluk. Land measuring 1.18 acres was assigned in favour of appellant on 25.05.2005 by the Revenue Department. ... Appel....

2023 0 Supreme(AP) 247

in favour of his daughter Nagamama in respect of the land assigned to his borrower and later the said Nagamma sold the assigned land to the writ petitioners and thereafter the petitioners got assignment of the above said land to an extent of Ac.2-50 cents each. ... It is further contended that, as per Section 4(1)(b)(i) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, if the original assignee sells the assigned lands in viol....

2016 0 Supreme(Ker) 165

6. The Government land is assigned for specified purposes under the Land Assignment Act. The pattadar has no ownership in the minerals below the surface of the land. The patta holder, therefore, is entitled to use the surface of the land for the specified purposes, for which it was assigned.

2012 0 Supreme(Ker) 833

On payment of land value assessed, patta of the land was issued, that is, Ext.R1(r). Assignment of 2.33 acres of land made on his subsequent application as an alternate land was on account of conspiracy hatched by 5th accused with petitioner, and other public servants. In the statement various circumstances involved over the assignment, and also law, why 5th accused was ineligible to get assignment of land and that the land assigned could not be treated as an alternate land towards the land assigned in his favour earlier in 1977 are pointed out. The aforesaid public servant....

2012 0 Supreme(Bom) 2177

On the contrary, it specifically says that the said land is assigned for the purpose of cultivation. For application of Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act and the ratio in the case of “Vithalrao Mahale” (supra), first of all, it had to be established that the land from survey no. The title of assignment does not say that the land assigned under it is forest land. 20/1 assigned under the title of assignment (Exh. PW1/F) was forest land.

2012 0 Supreme(Mad) 4282

It is further stated in the representation that Thiru. Selvanayagam sold the properties to meet the needs of his family and the sale was voluntary. Selvanayagam was given assignment of land since he belongs to Scheduled Caste and the land was also assigned with conditions.

2012 0 Supreme(Ker) 318

Therefore, he again submitted another application which was also, according to him, only a renewal; in the sense; an application for getting an alternate site. Therefore, he again submitted an application in 2007 for getting assignment of an alternate site. Though a land was proposed to be assigned as an alternate site it was found to be a property which was prohibited from assignment and accordingly he did not get assignment of that land. The stand taken by the petitioner is that since the order of assignment was passed in L.A.15/1976 and at that point of time he was fully....