and Smt. Sugni – widows of Tiku were big land owners (hereinafter referred to as – the landowners) in Tehsil Dabwali, District Sirsa. Vide order dated 24.03.1961, the Collector, Surplus Area, Dabwali, while deciding their surplus area case, treated the landowners as displaced persons and thus allowed them to retain 100 acres of land, but later on, when it was discovered that the landowners were not displaced persons, order dated 24.03.1961 was reviewed through order dated 31.07.1962, through which now the landowners were allowed to retain only 60 acres and resultantly, the remaining 61.16 acres of land were declared surplus. Thereafter, on 16.03.1963, the area of 61.16 acres, which was declared surplus, was gifted by the landowners in favour of Gramothan, Vidyapeeth, Sangaria. On 03.08.1963, 465 kanals out of the above surplus land was acquired by the State of Haryana for construction of the Lasara Drain. As a result of such acquisition, possession of the 465 kanals of land was taken by the State, but the whole of the acquired land was not utilized, and therefore, vide order dated 13.07.1978, 375 kanals 07 marlas of land out of the total of 465 kanals was released, which, after release under Section 90 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act read with Section 7 of the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972, now again fell in the pool of surplus land. The above 375 kanals 07 marlas of land was then allotted under the Haryana Utilisation of Surplus and other Areas Scheme, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as – the Scheme) to persons considered eligible under the aforementioned MONIKA Scheme. Out of the total land of 375 kanals 07 marlas, 265 kanals was 2015.02.20 16:19 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document
