Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 353 · Decided 31 July 2003
State of Orissa v. Nityanand Satpathy and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 353 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 66
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7670/1997
- Decided
- 31 July 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1953: C S. 7-Non-agricultural and 'anabadi' land-Application for settlement of-Intermediary in possession of 'anabadi' land-After his deaih his sons executed leases thereof-Dy. Collector revoked the leases-Application by sons for settlement of land in their revoked t/iie settlement-Writ petition challenging order of Board of Revenue allowed by High Court-Held D the settlement made in favour of ex-intermediary his sons was bad in law­ The land being 'anabadi' land must be deemed to have vested in the State Government-In terms of sub-section
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