INDU KHORANA Vs. GRAM SABHA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A Single Judge of this court, while hearing the present petition, has made a reference to the Larger Bench for considering certain questions of law as stated in order dated 25.08.2004. This petition is therefore referred to this Bench for answering the reference.

(2.) BRIEFLY , the facts of the case are as under:-

(3.) IN Trikha Ram v. Sahib Ram and Anr. (supra), it has been held that once by virtue of notification issued under Section 507 A of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act the land is declared to be an urban land, it could no longer be classified as village abadi land within the definition of land under Delhi Land Reforms Act and the provisions of Delhi Land Reforms Act would not be applicable. Following the above judgment, another Single Judge of this court in Madho Prasad v. Shri Ram Kishan & Ors. (supra) has held that once Section 507 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act notification had been issued urbanizing the property necessarily Delhi Land Reforms Act will have no application.