Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 50 · Decided 3 February 2000
Allahabad and ORS. v. The Deputy Director of Consolidation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 50 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 619
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1268/1992
- Decided
- 3 February 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 296
Headnote
U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953: Sections 9, 11-C (As intro­ duced by Act XXXV of 1974). U.P. Land Records Manual. Escheat-Land--Recorded tenure-holder-Civil death of-No heirs of recorded tenure-Holder-Claim by certain persons on the basis of Sirdari rights by adverse Director that in the absence of lawful claimant property would vest in the Gaon Sabha by escheat-Order of Deputy Director chal­ lenged before High Court-During pendency of proceedings before High Court Section 1 J..c introduced in the 1953 Act:-New section provided for escheat even when no
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