Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 417 · Decided 26 July 1995
The Administrator Municipal Committee Charkhi Dadri and ANR. v. Ramji Lal Bagla and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 417 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 335
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6537/1995
- Decided
- 26 July 1995
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, S.C. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. A B Section 44-A-Acquisition of land-Implementing a Scheme-Not ex- C ecuted within time specified-No extension granted-Proviso to S.44-A a fonn of governmental control over statutory bodies-No outer limit prescribed-Government not liable to restore land to Act, 1922. Section 44-A-Expression "shal!''-Scheme not executed within time specified-Con- D sequences of non-Compliance-Not provide<J:.-Held: directory not man­ datory. A notification under Section 42 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 was issued proposing to acquire
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