Unauthorised Re-Categorisation of Public Utility Land Renders Pattas Void Ab Initio and Incapable of Conferring Bhumidhari Rights: Supreme Court
Unauthorised Re-Categorisation of Public Utility Land Renders Pattas Void Ab Initio and Incapable of Conferring Bhumidhari Rights: Supreme Court “Section 132, Zamindari Abolition Act, expressly prohibits the conferment of bhumidhari rights in respect of public utility lands, including pasture lands and khalihan.” Supreme Court: In an appeal concerning with the validity of change in categorisation of certain land situated in District Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, the subsequent grant of pattas in favour of the appellant by Sub-Divisional Officer and the authority of consolidation authorities to correct revenue records where such pattas were found void, the Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra* and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., upheld the High Court’s judgment holding that change in categorisation of land illegal and grant of pattas in favour of the appellant void ab initio. The Court held that land falling under Section 132 , Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (1 ...
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