BHAGWATI Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Stanidng Counsel Sri Rajesh Kumar for the Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 4, Sri Tariq Maqbool Khan for the respondent No.3 and Sri Dinesh Kumar Yadav for the respondent No.5. The challenge raised in this petition is that the order passed by the Addl. Commissioner in revision is without jurisdiction inasmuch as no revision was maintainable against the interim order passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer in relation to a lease for plantation of trees. Sri Amresh Sinha submits that in view of the decision in the case of Nanak Chand and others Vs. State of U.P. and others, 2011 (114) RD Page 3, the remedy of a revision was a misconceived approach and an appeal could have been filed before the Collector in the event any final order was passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer.

(2.) LEARNED Standing Counsel Sri Rajesh Kumar has produced a copy of the Government Order dated 30.12.1985 which has been issued in exercise of powers under Section 126 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950. According to the said Government Order, allotment of lease can be made for the purpose of plantation of trees in terms thereof and clause 19 of the said Government Order provides that the Sub-Divisional Officer can cancel the lease in the event there is any violation of the terms and conditions or is otherwise not in accordance with the provisions of the Government Order.

(3.) A perusal of the said clause leaves no room for doubt that the Sub-Divisional Officer has the authority to proceed to cancel a lease and the lease holder, if his lease is cancelled, has a right of appeal. In the aforesaid circumstances, the order passed by the learned Addl. Commissioner appears to be patently without jurisdiction. The writ petition is allowed and the order dated 4.4.2013 is set aside leaving it open to the respondent No.5 to prefer an appeal after final orders are passed by the Sub- Divisional Officer in accordance with law.