BHAGWAN KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Our groups of tenants of the appellant, who is a landowner, filed separate applications under S. 22 of the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955 (Pepsu Act XIII of 1955) thereinafter referred to as the Act-for the grant of proprietary rights in respect of lands being cultivated by them. These applications were made sometime in May, 1960. On May 3 31/05/1960, the prescribed authority-Tehsildar Nabha- passed four orders granting the applications of the tenants on payment of 90 times the land revenue. We may mention that one group was constituted by Sundur, Ganga Ram, Ram Partap, Gurdial Singh and Dalip, sons of Kishan Singh.

(2.) The appellant filed four appeals to the Collector, Nabha Sub-Division. It was urged in these appeals that the prescribed authority had not allowed time to the appellant to file copies of the reservation forms which the appellant is alleged to have submitted, but the Collector held that no copy of the reservation. form had been presented to the prescribed authority. Other points were also raised but apparently not seriously pressed.

(3.) The appellant then filed four revisions before the Commissioner who forwarded them to the Financial Commissioner for disposal. The Financial Commissioner by four orders, dated December 6, 1960, dismissed the revisions. The Financial Commissioner observed :