Patna Court June 1993 Judgments
Bhuneswar Pandit and Mahadeo Mandel and ors. Vs. State of Bihar and or ...
Court: Patna
Decided on: Jun-30-1993
S.B. Sinha, J.1. All these three writ applications involving common question of fact and law were taken up for hearing together and are disposed of by this common judgment.2. The petitioners in these writ applications questioned a notification dated 29th December, 1952 issued under Section 29 th of the Indian Forest Act which is contained in Annexure 1 to all the writ applications inter alia on the ground that the lands in question had been recorded as Gair-Mazura am Land and were in the nature of raiyati and thus the same could not have been a subject-matter thereof.3. The petitioners have contended that the said lands belonged to one Thakur Man Mohan Deo who was the landlord of the Rohani Ghatwali Estate and it, therefore, did not vest in the State of Bihar. In the year 1952, it was further submitted that the lands in question were neither forest lands nor waste lands and thus the notification dated 29th December, 1952 could not have been issued by the State in exercise of its power...
Tag this Judgment!i.T.C Ltd. Vs. the State of Bihar and ors.
Court: Patna
Decided on: Jun-29-1993
Radha Mohan Prasad, J.1. The petitioner, which is a limited Company, has prayed for quashing of the order dated 29-1-1988 of the Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Munger (respondent No. 2) as contained in Annexure 16 to the writ application, passed in Rent Fixation Case No. 1/76-77 levying Salami, cases etc. Purporting to be under Sections 5 and 7 read with Section 13 of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') since the date the Act came into force i.e., 25-9-1950 and the demand notice dated 21-9-1992 issued by the Anchal Adhikari, Sadar Munger, as contained in Annexure 14 to the writ application, whereby the petitioner is required to pay Rs. 1,46,45,544 towards Salami, arrear rent etc. Upto the year 1986-87 in terms of the aforementioned order dated 29-1-1988 in Rent Fixation Case No. 19/86-87 within a fortnight with the threat that if they falied to pay, the same would be recovered under the provisions of the Bihar and Orissa Public Demand Recovery Act, ...
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