Sardar Manjeet Singh Jagan Singh v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Aurangabad Bench interim order dated 17-01-2026 on Writ Petition 14958 of 2025 (Sardar Manjeet Singh Jagan Singh v. State of Maharashtra): Nanded land-records dispute involving the Gurudwara Board, petitioner's Pattedar (not ownership) claim, Nizam-regime records held with Telangana/erstwhile Andhra Pradesh; States Reorganization Act relevance flagged; Collector's 13-01-2026 scrutiny committee set aside for vagueness; replacement committee headed by Additional Collector, Nanded to report within two months via District Government Pleader; Collector's personal affidavit due 10-03-2026; next hearing 17-03-2026; Collector's custodial duty to act on encroachment complaints reiterated.
What did the court decide?
Interim order: the Collector's committee-constitution order dated 13 January 2026 was set aside; the Collector was directed to seek the original records from the counterpart authority of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana) within fifteen days; a Bench-appointed committee under the Additional Collector, Nanded (with the Tahsildar, Nanded and District Superintendent of Land Records, Nanded as members) was tasked to scrutinize the Gurudwara Board's and the departments' own records and report within two months via the District Government Pleader, Nanded for legal opinion; the next affidavit is to be filed personally by respondent No.2 by 10 March 2026 (duration non-extendable); matter listed for further consideration on 17 March 2026.