Supreme Court of India

State of Uttarakhand (previously State of Uttar Pradesh) v. Mohan Singh & Others

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 686
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 12 September 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the principle laid down in Mahindra and Mahindra and the judgments referred to earlier C clearly apply when we interpret sub-section (4) of Section 331 of the U.P. Act.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1951 - ss. 210 and 331(4) - Suit by respondent-plaintiff for their declaration as Bhumidhars being in adverse possession of the land - Suit dismissed on the ground that plaintiff could not obtain Bhumidhar right being a non':.tribe person, as the land belonged to a tribe - Appeal against the o order also dismissed - Second appeals u/s. 331(4) before Board of Revenue - Board allowed appeals and decreed the suit holding that plaintiffs perfected their title uls. 210 by continuous possession for 20 years - Writ petition by State dismissed -

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