Intermediary And Proprietor

Intermediary and proprietor, the expression 'inter-mediary' is defined in s. 3(12) as, 'intermediary', with reference to an estate means a proprietor, under-proprietor, etc. s. 3(21) defines a proprietor to mean, as respects an estate', a person 'owing' the estate and includes the heirs and successors-in-interest of the proprietor, Rani Ratnesh Kumari v. State of U.P., AIR 1978 SC 1450: (1978) 3 SCC 520: (1979) 1 SCR 17 [U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act (1 of 1951), s. 3 (12)]