BHAGWATI PRASAD PALIWAL Vs. TOWN AREA COMMITTEE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY means of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution the petitioner has come up before this Court against the recovery proceedings taken against him for realisation of the outstanding dues as arrears of land revenue.

(2.) ORIGINALLY Gaon Sabha, Kurari was established under the U. P. Panchayatraj Act. In the year 1977-78 the Gaon Sabha settled the right to collect Tahbazari in favour of the petitioner. Subsequently, the Gaon Sabha was raised to the status of Town Area Committee under the U. P. Town Areas Act. It is alleged that since the petitioner did not deposit balance of the contracted amount to the Gaon Sabha, the respondent Town Area Committee sent the recovery certificate to the Collector, Hamirpur for realising the said amount as arrears of land revenue. It is at this stage that the petitioner has come up before this Court.

(3.) IN the result the writ petition is allowed with costs. Petition allowed.