FAZLUR RAHMAN Vs. MANAGING OFFICER BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) There is a property bearing plot No. 486, sheet No. 122 holding No. 70, circle No. 53, Ward No. 15 in Mohalla Dargah Shah Arzani, Police Station Sultanganj, in the town of Patna. According to the petitioners case, this property belonged to Dr. Abdur Rahman, Dr. Rahman transferred this property to his wife, Bibi Rahmat. She died in the year 1940. On her death, petitioners 1 to 6, who are the sons and daughters of Dr. Rahman and Bibi Rahrnat, inherited this property. They transferred it to petitioner No. 7 by a registered sale deed; executed on the 9 -th of April, 1966.

(2.) The petitioners got a notice dated the 27th/28th of October, 1968, under Section 19 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1964 (Act 44 of 1954), hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as the Displaced Persons Act, 1954. The notice, a copy of which is Annexure 'A' to the writ application said:

(3.) The matter was taken up in further revision, and it was dismissed by the Settlement Commissioner New Delhi, by his order dated the 10th August, 1967; a copy of which is Annexure 'E' to the writ application.