Supreme Court of India

A.A. Gopalakrishnan v. Cochin Devaswom Board and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 9 S.C.R. 1
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan, R.V. Ra Veendran and Dal Veer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 19 July 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we allow this appeal as follows : (i) The compromise dated 30.8.2000 and compromise decree dated 18.9 .2000 in O.S. No.399/1998 on the file of the Sub-court, · Emakulam, are set aside. (ii) The first respondent Board is directed to take possession of Sy.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-0. 23 r, 3A-Land of religious institution-Complaint by devotee against employee of Dewaswom Board and others-Alleging encroachment on the land-Direction by Supreme Court to the Board to take possession of the land, with liberty to the encroachers to file suit for declaration of their title-In suit by encroachers settlement of exchange of land in question with another land claimed to be owned by the employee-On the strength of ex-parte order of Tehsi/dar declaring him as 'cultivating tenant', suit decreed in terms of compromise-Another land was throughout in

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