SHRIMATI Vs. ESTATE OFFICER AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petition stands on a short point of what obtains primacy to a decision rendered by Permanent Lok Adalat comprising three members viz.: the decision of the minority view of one member being the Chairman was to take effect against the decision of the majority of two members. The award gave effect to the minority view. This is patently illegal in the light of Section 22-E(3) of the Legal Services Authority Act which reads as under:

(2.) The impugned order is set aside and the writ petition is allowed on the above terms.