JORAWAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE aforesaid 12 writ petitions have been filed by the Jorawar Singh S/o Shri Deep Singh and grand son of Shri Kishore Singh, the land holder, being aggrieved by the order of the learned Single Member of Board of Revenue dated 1.4.2003, whereby, the learned Board of Revenue set aside the order of learned Revenue Appellate Authority dated 31.5.2000 passed under the Rajasthan (Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, whereby, the learned Revenue Appellate Authority had cancelled the allotment of land of private respondents, like illustratively measuring 10 bighas 13 biswas of khasra No. 175 and 10 bighas land of Khasra No. 362 in favour Jora S/o vakta on 19.6.1976 and the learned Board of Revenue restored that allotment while allowing the appeal of appellant Jora S/o Vakta, by caste Bhambhi, R/o Bichawadi, Tehsil Bhinmal and other 10 allottees.

(2.) SOME background facts leading to the present set of writ petitions by grand son of Kishore Singh, land holder, namely; Jorawar Singh are like this.

(3.) THE ceiling proceedings were sought to be reopened against Kishore Singh under the provisions of Section 15(2) of the Ceiling Act, 1973 by the State Government. However, upon contest raised to the Said notice, the concerned Deputy Secretary, Revenue (Ceiling) Department of the State Government dropped the said notice by passing a detailed order in favour of the land holder and he found that actually there was no excess or surplus land over the ceiling limit in the hands of land holder and thus, the proceedings for reopening the ceiling case were liable to be dropped. The relevant extract of the order dated 7.12.1983 passed by the learned Deputy Secretary is quoted below for ready reference: <IMG>JUDGEMENT_3648_RAJLW4_2013t1.jpg</IMG>