Supreme Court of India

Tolya Etc. v. State of M.P. & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 435
Bench Ranjan Gogoi and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 22 August 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has not correctly appreciated the law in this regard.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

M.P. Land Revenue Code 1959 - ss. 158 and 250 - Bhumiswami - Reinstatement of Bhumiswami improperly dispossessed - Held: Section 35 makes a provision for allotment of surplus land declared under the Ceiling Act after vesting of the surplus land in the State - State shall allot the surplus land under "Bhumiswami right" to the persons mentioned thereunder in the order of priority- Under s. 158(3) persons have all right to deal with the property but such Bhumiswami cannot transfer land so allotted to him within a period of ten years from the date of lease or allotment - On facts, surplus land

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