PREM NARAIN Vs. BOARD OF REVENUE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Shri Prabhat Kumar learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents.

(2.) THIS writ petition arises out of proceedings under Section 198 (4) of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, for cancellation of Patta granted to the petitioner. The case was registered as Case No. 54 State Vs. Prem Narayan. Learned A.D.M. Finance and Revenue, Sultanpur, allowed the application through order dated 21.08.1989 and cancelled the Patta granted to the petitioner. Against the said order petitioner filed Revision No. 514 of 1989. Additional Commissioner, Faizabad Division, Faizabad dismissed the revision on 22.08.1990. Hence this writ petition. Matter pertains to Gaon Sabha Sarawan, Pargana Aldemau, Tehsil -Kadipur, District -Sultanpur.

(3.) HOWEVER impugned orders are to be maintained on the ground that as petitioner's father had lot of agricultural land hence there was absolutely no question of his being agricultural labourer. Under Section 198 (1), in the absence of landless dependents of soldiers who have lost their life by enemy action or become disabled, top priority is to be given to landless agricultural labourer belonging to Scheduled caste or Scheduled Tribes or if no such person is available then to any other landless agricultural labourer. Thereafter comes the category of bhumidhar or assami holding less then 1.26 Hectares land. Petitioner came up with the case that he was landless agricultural labourer. No evidence was adduced by him that he was agricultural labourer. A person whose father has got lot of agricultural land can not be an agricultural labourer at least in normal course. The argument of learned counsel for the petitioner that it was not pointed out that how much land petitioner's father held is not tenable as even in this writ petition it has not been denied that petitioner's father held considerable agricultural land. Area of the land held by petitioner's father has no where being mentioned in the writ petition. The experience of the Court is that provision of allotment of Gaon Sabha land which is meant for people of the lowest stratum is being utterly misused and only influential people get alloted the land of Gaon Sabha.