GH MOHD BHAT Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY means of this petition, the petitioners have challenged the validity of Government Order No. Rev (LAK) 418 of 1980 dated 28 -10 -1980. The order reads as under:

(2.) IN pursuance of Allan No. 2 of 1984 (Bk) certain waste lands were ear -marked for grazing purposes for the benefit of village community as a whole. By virtue of Section 46 of village Panchayat Act, 1958 it is provided that any property or income which by custom belongs to or has been administered for the benefit of, the villagers in common, or the holders in common of village land general or of lands of a particular description or of lands under a particular source of irrigation shall vest in the panchayat and be administered by it for the benefit of the villagers or holders aforesaid.