Himachal Pradesh Court December 1981 Judgments

Rattan Singh and anr. Vs. Wazira

Court: Himachal Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1982HP72

V.P. Gupta, J.1. This is a landlords' appeal against the judgment of the District Judge, dated 27th December, 1969, by which the learned District Judge allowed the application of the tenant (respondent) for acquisition of proprietary rights on payment of Rs. 693-12 as compensation under the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953 (hereinafter called the Himachal Pradesh Act of 1953).2. The brief facts are that Wazira respondent filed an application under Section 11 of the Himachal Pradesh Act of 1953 on 14th August, 1959 for grant of proprietary rights in land measuring 74 bighas 11 biswas situate in village Kandela, Tehsil Saddar, District Bilaspur, which was the ownership of the present appellants,3. This application was contested by the appellants and it was alleged that a notice of ejectment under Section 45 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (hereinafter called the Punjab Act) had been issued to the respondent on 27th September, 1949. The responden...