Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 126 · Decided 15 February 2011
State of Haryana & Others v. Praduman Singh (D) BY LRS
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 126 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 932
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 356/2007
- Decided
- 15 February 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
DISPLACED PERSONS (COMPENSATION AND REHABLITATION) ACT, 1954: s.20(1) (c) - Allotment of land to persons displaced as a result of partition of the country - Letter dated 21.6.1996 by State Government putting a stop to such allotments - Writ petition before High Court challenging the letter and for allotment of land in lieu of that left in Pakistan - Direction by the High Court to allot 20 acres of land and deliver possession thereof to writ petitioner- Held: High Court could not have ordered for allotment of land without even directing an inquiry into the claim - Besides, the plea
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