DHARAM PAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS judgment shall dispose of the present as well as two connected writ petitions (CWP Nos. 3998 and 3999 of 2008) which arise on the basis of similar facts and raise the same grounds of challenge.

(2.) ON February 4, 1952 land was allotted to the predecessors of the petitioners for a period of 20 years. After the period expired order of ejectment of the petitioners were passed on April 25, 1972.

(3.) THE Supreme Court was impressed by the petitioners' argument that the provisions of East Punjab Utilization Act, 1949 had not been correctly observed and the matter was required to be re-examined by the Collector. Therefore, the Supreme Court required the Collector to go into the following questions :-