RAJA KALYAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal under sec. 66 (2) of the Ajmer Abolition of Intermediaries & Land Reforms Act, 1955, (hereinafter to be refferred as the Act) against the order of the Collector dated 29. 5. 56 in a case under sec. 7 of the Act was presented before the Chief Commissioner of the former State of Ajmer on 4. 7. 56 and has come up before us under sec. 15 of the Rajasthan Adaptation of Laws (on State & Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956.

(2.) WE have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have examined the records as well. The Deputy Manager Court of Wards, Ajmer on behalf of the wards put up a list of properties in A1, Form 4 claiming them to be private and personal property of the intermediary under sec. 7 of the Act. Four items were included in this list. Items Nos. 1 and 2 - a Kutcheri and a Kacha house have been declared as the private and personal property of the intermediary by the lower court and hence they are beyond the scope of this appeal. Items Nos. 3 and 4 - land measuring 1660. 36 and 244. 36 acres in khata Nos. 6 and 54 of the settlement khewat - were held to have vested in the State Government free from all encumbrances and hence were not declared as private and personal property of the intermediary. It is the validity of this finding which has been challenged before us in this appeal.