AZAD SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THROUGH the instant writ petition, the petitioners have impugned the orders passed by the revenue authorities, which eventually culminated in the order dated 13.01.2004 (Annexure P-4) passed by the Financial Commissioner, Haryana, dismissing the revision petition filed by the petitioners.

(2.) THE first issue canvassed by the learned counsel for the petitioners, as was also canvassed by the petitioners before the revisional authority, is that the land which has been declared surplus in the hands of the big land owners under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953,ought to be returned to such big land owners while considering the issue of surplus land under the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972.

(3.) THE second contention advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners is, that the land in question, which was declared as surplus under the provisions of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953remained unutilised, and as such, the petitioners were entitled to re-determination of the same under the provisions of the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972.