Privy Council Court June 1930 Judgments

Jahandad Khan and Others Vs. Abdul Ghafur Khan

Court: Privy Council

Sir George Lowndes: The Khans of -aida and Hund are owners of adjacent landed estates on the bank of the Indus. Near by and situated between two branches of the river is an island of waste ground, a portion of which, comprising about 20 acres, is covered with shisham trees of considerable value. This plot is known as Bela Fakir Buti, and now bears Survey No. 2084, but is unassessed. The part of the island in which the Bela lies is just opposite to a bungalow belonging to the Khan of -aida in the village of Rana Dheri, and has for long been a subject of dispute between the rival estates. Prior to 1875 the Bela, together with most of the rest of the island, then bearing Khasra Nos. 1-6, was entered in the revenue records as the property and in the possession of -aida. In that year the Khan of Hund instituted a suit in respect of this area, claiming both title and possession, and praying that it might be recorded as his property. His suit succeeded; it was held that the area claimed was p...