(1.) The Delhi Simla Catholic Archdiocese is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It owned a vast area of land in Bahapor, which is a village situated within the District of Delhi a little beyond, the Okhla headwords as one goes south.
(2.) The society had owned this land since many decades. I was told that, originally, it was a gift to a Christian religious order made either by a Mughal emperor or a European princess. The record does not indicate the origin of the. softy's title, but there is no dispute that it was, the owner.
(3.) For generations the land was occupied by tenants. There were different tenants on different portions of the land. They paid rent at the rate of 3 annas. 4 pies per bigha per annum, which was also the rate of land revenue assessed on the land The society, however, did not, in fact, pay any land revenue because it was remitted (maufi). It has been proved, and is not now disputed, that the tenants had rights of occupancy under section 6 of the Punjab Tenancy Act 1887.