on 31.01.1989. However, as rightly submitted by the learned counsel for the private respondents, if the orders passed by the Assistant Commissioner during the year 1989 were taken to logical conclusion, the lands would be restored to the original grantee or his legal heirs. That having not been done, the private respondents were not aware of these proceedings and the orders passed by the Assistant Commissioner when they purchased the land in the year 1996. However, when the records have borne out the fact that the original grantee had moved an application or suo motu proceedings were initiated by the Assistant Commissioner during the year 1987, those proceedings will have to be taken into consideration while considering the question of delay and laches. Having found from the original records that such proceedings were initiated in the year 1987, this Court is of the considered opinion that the application cannot have been dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. However, since full opportunity was not granted to the private respondents herein, the matter requires reconsideration at the hands of the Assistant Commissioner. The contention of the learned counsel for the private respondents that the matter cannot be reopened at this length of time cannot be accepted. Every party to
