RAHIM BAKHSH AND 12 OTHERS vs ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT AND — 1971 PLD 323

Citation: 1971 PLD 323

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: RAHIM BAKHSH AND 12 OTHERS vs ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT AND JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 323

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq Title:RAHIM BAKHSH AND 12 OTHERS vs ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT AND JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 323 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT The petitioners are aggrieved by the refusal of the Officer Incharge of the Central Record Room, under the Chief Settlement Commissioner, to verify their claim in respect of agricultural land abandoned by them in Mauza Saddo Mazra, Tehsil Sirhand, District Bassi Patiala State. The case set up by them before the relevant authorities was that their predecessors-in-interest had purchased this land for sum of Rs, 2,000 from the predecessors-in-interest of respondents 4 to 13 somewhere towards the close of the last century and had obtained possession thereof on payment of the full consideration, but for some reason or the other sale certificate as required by the provisions of the Land Alienation Act then obtaining in Patiala State was not granted to the vendees, as a consequence whereof the attestation of the mutation of sale in their favour was delayed. Before the Tehsildar the vendors denied the receipt of full consideration, although on an earlier occasion they had admitted having received the same. Nevertheless the Tehsildar sanctioned the mutation, but on appeal the mutation was set aside and the appellate order was upheld by the Chief Court of Patiala. On the basis of the order of the Chief Court on the revenue side, the predecessors-in- interest of the respondents…

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