Supreme Court of India
Jt. Collector Ranga Reddy Dist. & Anr. Etc. v. D. Narsing Rao & Ors. Etc. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the High Court was wrong in dismissing the writ petition in limine and refusing to grant the relief sought for.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317F - s.1668 - Suo motu revision undertaken after a long lapse of time (about 50 years) - Permissibility - Notice u/s 1668 - Challenged by respondents claiming to be owners in possession of the land as the names of their predecessors in-interest were mentioned in the Khasra Pahani of the year 1954-55 - Courts below set aside the notice - On appeal, held: Though no limitation is provided for undertaking suo motu revision, the exercise of the same after 50 years is arbitrary and unreasonable and opposed to be concept of law - Andhra Pradesh
Authorities it was built on
- 2007 State of Punjab and Ors. v. Bhatinda District Coop. Milk P. Union Ltd.
- 1992 State of Maharashtra v. Rattanlal
- 2003 Ibrahimpatnam Taluk Vyavasay Coolie Sangham v. K. Suresh Reddy and Ors.
- 1992 Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Company Limited v. District Board Bhojpur and Ors.
- 2009 Shri Santoshkumar Shivgonda Patil & Ors. v. Shri Balasaheb Tukaram Shevale & Ors.
- 2004 The Special Director and Anr. v. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse and Anr.
- 2003 Collector and Ors. v. P. Mangamma and Ors.
- 1976 Gurbaksh Singh v. Union of India & Others
- 2004 State of H.P. and Ors. v. Raj Kumar Brijender Singh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2015 Government of Andhra Pradesh Thr. Principal Secretary and Others v. Pratap Karan and Others
- 2018 Telangana Housing Board v. Azamunnisa Begum (died) Thru. Lrs. & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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