Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 104 · Decided 18 February 2003
Chief Conservator of Forests GOVT. of A.P. v. The Collectors and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 104 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 180
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8580/1994
- Decided
- 18 February 2003
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, ASHOK BHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 79, 80; Evidence Act Section 1I; Constitution Article 131, 226, 300, 13, 79
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-Sections 79 and 80, Order XXVJJ Rule 1 and Order 1 Rules 9 and 10-Dispute between two Government Departments C with regard to title of land-Chief Conservator of forest filing writ petition, not arraying State as party-Dismissal of writ petition-Appeal­ be defeated for non-joinder of necessary party to /is-Chief Conservator of Forest as petitioner/appellant can neither be treated as State nor it can be a case of mis-description of State-Hence writ petition and appeal arising D therefrom not maintainable-Constitution of India, 1950-Articles
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