act no. ii of 1899 (indian stamp act), schedule i, article 53(c) - stamp--receipt for rent--receipt fur money paid out of court in satisfaction of a decree for rent. - cantonments act[c.a. no. 41/2006]. section 346 & cantonment fund (servants rules, 1937, rules 13, 14 & 15: [h.l. gokhale, ag. cj, p.v. hardas, naresh h. patil, r.m. borde & r.m. savant, jj] jurisdiction of school tribunal constituted under maharashtra employees of private schools (conditions of service) regulations act, (3 of 1978) held, school run by the cantonment board is a primary school and it is not a school recognised by any such board comparable to the divisional board or the state board. the school tribunal constituted under section 8 of the maharashtra act cannot entertain appeals filed under section 9 by the employees working in schools which are established and administered by the cantonment board. teacher employed in the school run by cantonment board being covered under rule 2 (f) of the cantonment fund servants rules, 1937 can file appeal under rules 13, 14 and 15 to authorities provided therein against any order imposing any penalties etc. [deolali cantonment board v usha devidas dongre, 1993 mah. lj 74; 1993 lab ic 1858 overruled]. -- maharashtra employees of private schools (conditions of service) regulations act, 1978
[act no. 3/1978]. sections 9 & 2(21): jurisdiction of school tribunal whether a school run by cantonment board is not a recognised school within the meaning of section 2(21)? - held, the act is enacted to regulate recruitments and conditions of employees in certain private schools and provisions of the act shall apply to all private schools in the state whether receiving any grant-in-aid from the state government or not. private school is defined in section 2(2) of the act as a recognised school established or administered by a management other than the government or a local authority. recognised means recognised by director, the divisional board or state board......richards and karamat husain, jj.1. dungar singh was convicted under section 62, of the indian stamp act (ii of 1899) and sentenced to a fine of rs. 40 or to suffer simple imprisonment for 40 days. it appears that the accused held a decree for rent against a certain tenant and gave a receipt for the amount of the decree to the tenant without any stamp denoting payment of duty. the accused dungar singh was himself merely an agent of a zamindar. generally speaking, receipts must be stamped, but an exemption is made by article 53(c), schedule i, of the stamp act in favour of receipts for payment of rent by cultivators on account of land assessed to government revenue. the learned sessions judge has referred the matter to this court under section 438, criminal procedure code, suggesting that the conviction is wrong and should be set aside, inasmuch as a receipt for money paid under a decree for rent must be treated as a receipt for rent, a learned judge of this court considering the mutter of general importance has referred the case to a bench of two judges. in our judgment the conviction was correct. the debt of rent merged in the decree, and it is admitted that a receipt for money payable under a decree must bear a stamp. we do not think that there whs any intention to defraud the revenue. absence of such intention though not sufficient to make a conviction bad, may be taken into consideration, in awarding punishment. we alter the sentence from a fine of rs. 40 to a fine of rs. 5, or in default imprisonment for 40 days. if the fine has already been paid rs. 35 will be refunded. let the record be returned.