Ansar Basheer v. the District Collector,Kollam
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner challenged the order rejecting a request to reclassify 21.85 Acres of land as 'Purayidam'. The Court distinguished precedents on Basic Tax Register amendments, stating tenure cannot change but additions are possible, and disposed of the petition with liberty to apply to statutory authorities.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAJI P.CHALY
MONDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF JULY 2018 / 1ST SRAVANA, 1940
WP(C).No. 3589 of 2018
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PETITIONER
ANSAR BASHEER, AGED 32 YEARS, S/O MUHAMMED BASHEER, PUTHENVILA VEEDU, MUTTAKKAVU CHERI, NEDUMBANA P.O., NEDUMBANA VILLAGE, KOLLAM DISTRICT, PIN:691580.
BY ADV.SRI.A.AHZAR
RESPONDENT(S):
1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, CUTCHERY P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT-691 013.
2. REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER,
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should interfere with the Tahsildar's rejection of the petitioner's request to change the tenure of agricultural land in the Basic Tax Register.
Whether the Basic Tax Register entries can be changed regarding land tenure classification.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Ansar Basheer
- respondent
The District Collector
Coram
Shaji P. Chaly
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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