KARAM CHAND Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE two writ petitions have been filed by one petitioner. The prayer and the issues involved are identical. These can, therefore, be disposed of by a common order.

(2.) THE petitioner prays that the orders passed by the Assistant Collector, the Collector, the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner, copies of which have been produced is Annexures P1 to P5 with this writ petition, be quashed. By these orders the petitioner who was a tenant of respondent No. 6 has been ordered to be evicted from the land in his possession.

(3.) ON a perusal of the provisions, we find that an exception has been made in the case of landowners serving the Armed Forces of the Union. Apparently, there is a good rationale for the exception. It is well known that the members of the Armed Forces have to serve at different places in the country. They remain away from their lands. They are, thus, not able to cultivate. In view of the peculiar nature of duties which are performed by the members of the Armed Forces, the Legislature has considered it appropriate to make an exception. We are of the view that this exception is well founded. Persons who shed their blood for this nation are entitled to a differential treatment. In doing so, the Legislature has not violated any constitutional mandate or the provisions contained in Articles 14 and 21.