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Smt. Lalti Devi vs Commissioner And Ors.

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad|31 October, 2002

JUDGMENT / ORDER

JUDGMENT Anjani Kumar, J.
1. This writ petition has been filed against the order dated 15.6.1996 passed by Sub-Divisional Officer, Tamkuhiraj, District Padrauna now Kushi Nagar by which he has decided the Case No. 42 of 1994 under Section 123 (2) of U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act.
2. The facts leading to filing of the aforesaid application before the Sub-Divisional Officer and rejection thereof are that the respondents in the present writ petition have filed an application before the Sub-Divisional Officer as contemplated under . U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act for change of the user of the land of agriculture to abadi on the ground that these persons are Lohar by caste and are agricultural labourers and thus entitled for the aforesaid land, which is occupied by them for residential purposes. The report was submitted by the Tehsildar. The Sub-Divisional Officer converted the user of the aforesaid respondents under the provisions of U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act. The applicants raised an objection that the land was originally bhumidhari of Jagpal and the applicants have purchased half share of the aforesaid land and the declaration under Section 143 of U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act can be given only to the land of bhumidhar and this application filed by Ramdhan and etc. was not maintainable and they were not eligible persons and, therefore, the order passed by Sub-Divisional Officer in their favour, was erroneous.
3. The respondents in this writ petition raised objection to the aforesaid applications regarding provisions of Section 122C (3) read with Section 123 (2) which confers a right in favour of these respondents. In view of the aforesaid provisions since they belong to specified category of agricultural labourers and the land covered by residence shall stand settled in their favour and in issuing declaration wherein no error has been committed by the authority namely, Sub-Divisional Officer who has considered the facts and again asked for a report and after confirming the report rejected the objection raised by the petitioner. Revisional court affirmed the findings recorded by the Sub-Divisional Officer.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner tries to assail these findings but failed to demonstrate that the findings suffer from any error of law. Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon a decision of learned single Judge of this Court in 1994 RD 395. To me, it appears that the aforesaid proposition of law is not applicable to the present case. Sub-Divisional Officer as well as revisional court have committed no error.
5. In this view of the matter, this Court declines to interfere with the findings arrived at by the Sub-Divisional Officer as well as by the revisional court. The writ petition, therefore, is devoid of merits and accordingly dismissed. The interim order, if any, stands vacated.
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Title

Smt. Lalti Devi vs Commissioner And Ors.

Court

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad

JudgmentDate
31 October, 2002
Judges
  • A Kumar