High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/8705/1988dismissed

Ram Bhaj v. Commissioner Ambala Etc.

2015-04-10Ms. Justice Navita Singh,Mr. Justice Sudhir Mittal17 pages

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Whether a Director Consolidation, exercising power under the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 can decide whether land vests or does not vest in a Gram Panchayat? 2.

If answer to the first question is in the negative, then whether an order passed by a Director Consolidation, determining ownership of a Gram Panchayat, affirmed by the High Court and the Supreme Court operates as res, judicata in a subsequent petition, filed under Section 11 of the Act?

Whether Section 13,B of the Act empowers the Collector, exercising jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Act, to disregard an order passed by the Director Consolidation, that has been affirmed by the High Court and the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

Whether a plea that the order passed by the Director Consolidation was obtained by fraud can be raised after the order has been affirmed by the High Court and the Hon'ble Supreme Court?"

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(2) Consolidation authorities have no power to decide disputed questions of title in respect of lands, or any right, title or interest therein. (3) The State or its delegate, may in the exercise of power under Section 42 of the Act Consolidation Act order correction of errors, in accordance with law.

(4) While exercising powers under Section 42 of the Consolidation Act, if it is held that the land, in dispute, vests or does not vest in a Gram Panchayat such an order would be construed to be an opinion recorded by a Tribunal of limited jurisdiction and an order so passed would not operate as resjudicata to be binding upon parties or the Collector, exercising power under Section 11 of the 1961 Act, or the jurisdictional forum, constituted for deciding a question of title.

(5) If a writ petition or special leave petition filed to challenge an order passed under Section 42 of the Consolidation Act is dismissed without assigning any reason, by use of the words "dismissed", no merits, dismissed" or such like similar expressions, the order passed under Section 42 of the Consolidation Act shall not merge in the order passed by the High Court or the Hon'ble Supreme Court, so as to operate as resjudicata or prohibit the Gram Panchayat from approaching the jurisdictional forum or.

(6) If an order passed under Section 42 of the Consolidation Act has not been challenged in a writ petition or before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, such order shall be ignored, by the Collector exercising power under Section 11 of the 1961 Act, as Section 13,B clearly postulates that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law or any agreement, instruments, custom or usage of any decree or order of any court or other authority, the provisions of the 1961 Act shall prevail.

(7) If, however, the order passed by the Director Consolidation has been affirmed, by the High Court or in a special leave petition or an appeal before the Hon'ble Supreme Court on merits, the order passed by the Director Consolidation shall be deemed to have merged in orders passed under Articles 226 and 136 of the Constitution of India and would, therefore, on the basis of the doctrine of rule estoppel, merger and

the order of precedence among courts, prohibit the Gram Panchayat from filing a petition under Section 11 of the 1961 Act, the Collector from entertaining such a petition, or where the land is "Jumla Mushtarka Malkan" the Civil Court"

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