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Chief Conservator of Forests Govt. of A.P. v. The Collectors and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] 2 S.C.R. 180
Bench Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri and Ashok Bhan JJ.
Decided 18 February 2003

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5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that after the said statutory order of the Commissioner of Survey, Settlement and Land Record, the matter should have rested there.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-Sections 79 and 80, Order XXVJJ Rule 1 and Order 1 Rules 9 and 10-Dispute between two Government Departments with regard to title of land-Chief Conservator of forest filing writ petition, not arraying State as party-Dismissal of writ petition-Appeal­ Maintainability of-Held, in absence of State in array of parties, cause will be defeated for non-joinder of necessary party to /is-Chief Conservator of Forest as petitioner/appellant can neither be treated as State nor it can be a case of mis-description of State-Hence writ petition and appeal arising therefrom not

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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