Supreme Court of India

Sukhdev Singh & Ors. v. Gram Sabha Bari Khad & Ors.

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 862
Bench P. K. Goswami and N. Shjngl-tal JJ.
Decided 28 January 1977

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Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961, S. 2(g) proviso (iv), application to land under possession of owners. The appellants filed a suit for a declaration that the suit land inherited by them was not "shamlat deh" within the meaning of section 2(g) of the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Act, 1961, because ·it was excluded by virtue of proviso (iv.) to the clause. They contended that the revem1e records describing the land as "shamlat deb" also stated it to be "in possession of the owners", showing that it was not used as "shamlat deh'', and furthermore, that it had been

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