Gurdev Singh v. Gram Panchayat and Other
Case brief
What is this about?
Gurdev Singh v. Gram Panchayat, Village Bhinder Kalan & anr.; case '127 (O&M)'; decision date 17.03.2025; single-Judge bench of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pankaj Jain (oral judgment); counsel: N.K. Manchanda for the appellant. Subject matter: Gram Panchayat resolution No.4 dated 30.06.2000 re-allotting Garrah No.2 (about 3 marlas) from Mangal Singh (plaintiff's father) to defendant No.2; Garrah allotments to cultivators for storing manure/farm equipment; allotment as mere licence for user; non-inheritability of licence; loss of cultivator status after relocation; suit for declaration; concurrent rejection by Courts below; second appeal dismissed. No statutory provisions or judicial precedents are cited in the text. Court name is not printed in the supplied text (only the '(O&M)' roster mark appears).
What did the court decide?
Since the object of a Garrah allotment is user - to help cultivators store their manure and other farm equipment - the plaintiff, having lost his status as cultivator in the village, is not entitled to the declaration prayed for.