Supreme Court of India

Village Officer and Others v. Chunayamakkal Joseph and Another

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 977
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 19 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 – ss. 2(f), 3, 4, 8 & 13 – Kerala Private Forest (Tribunal) Rules, 1972 – r.2A – Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961– s.5 – Area/land in question was notified as vested Forest u/s. 4 of 1971 Act –L and Tribunal issued Purchase Certificates in favour of responden ts which was later on cancelled – In writ Petition before High Court, respo ndents submitted that when they are in possession of the p roperties in question, the revenue authorities are obliged and bound to accept the basic tax, leviable under the 1961 Act –Whether the High Court erred

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