MAN SINGH Vs. SURJA RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India.

(2.) THE opposite party Surja Ram had filed an appeal against the order of the then Revenue Minister of Bikaner to the Board of Revenue at Bikaner on the 16th October, 1947. By a notification of the 22nd January, 1948, the Maharaja of Bikaner constituted a new Board of Revenue authorising them to excercise certain powers but declared the old Revenue Board to continue to function in respect of the appeals which had already been filed before it. On the constitution of the United State of Rajasthan, Board of Revenue Ordinance, 1949, was promulgated on 12th August, 1949, and all Boards of Revenue functioning in Rajasthan were abolished and the cases pending before such Boards of Revenue were directed to be transferred to the Rajasthan Board of Revenue constituted under the Ordinance.