Single judge order granting identical relief as in Jannat case, directing Dy. Commissioner to expedite pending suit and injunction within one year and ordering non-dispossession of petitioner's land until proceedings conclude.
Directed Dy. Commissioner to expedite suit within one year; prohibited dispossession of petitioner's land until suit decided.
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2101/2021
Renwat Singh S/o Shri Dalpat Singh, Aged About 61 Years, By Caste Rajput, Resident Of Aaskandra, Tehsil Pokaran, District Jaisalmer.
----Petitioner
Versus
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Leela Dhar Khatri
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI
Order
23/02/2021
In wake of onslaught of COVID-19, abundant caution is being taken while hearing the matters in Court.
Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submits that identical matter involving the identical issue, has been disposed of by this Court vide its order dated 01.11.2018 [S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.16992/2018 (Jannat & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.)] and prayed that similar order be passed in the present case also. The order dated 01.11.2018 reads thus:-
“Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. Perused the material available on record.
The petitioners claim to be in possession of a chunk of agricultural land in the village Nachana, District Jaisalmer through their ancestors, who were allegedly cultivating the land even before the enactment of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956. The
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petitioners received a notice under Section 22 of the Rajasthan Colonization Act treating them to be trespassers over the said chunk of land. They filed a suit for declaration under Sections 88, 188 read with Section 15 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act; and Sections 125 and 136 of the Land Revenue Act seeking a direction for declaration of their rights on the land in question. Alongwith the suit, they also filed an application for injunction under Section 212 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act read with Section 151 C.P.C.
A grievance is raised by the petitioners that on the one hand, the Dy. Commissioner (Colonization), IGNP, Nachana, District Jaisalmer is sitting tight over the petitioners’ suit and the injunction application and at the same time, the respondent authorities are bent upon to dispossess the petitioners from the land in question on which, they claimed entitlement by virtue of old possession. Having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the Dy. Commissioner (Colonization), IGNP, Nachana before whom, the suit as well as injunction application of the petitioners are pending, is directed to expedite the proceedings of the suit and injunction application and shall try to conclude the same within a period of one year from the date of submission of copy of this order. Till the petitioners’ suit and injunction application are decided, they shall not be dispossessed from the land in question.
The writ petition as well as stay applications are disposed of in these terms.”
The present writ petition is also disposed of in the above terms. Stay petition also stands disposed of accordingly.
(DR. PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI),J.
58-Zeeshan
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner should be granted the same relief as in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 16992/2018.
Whether the respondent authorities should be directed to expedite pending suit proceedings regarding the petitioner's land claim.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Jannat and Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors.Followed¶15
[S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.16992/2018 (Jannat & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.)]
3 provisions across 3 enactments
RENWAT SINGH
STATE OF RAJASTHAN
VICE GERENT, COLONIZATION, BIKANER
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, COLONIZATION, NACHNA
TEHSILDAR, COLONIZATION, TEHSIL NACHNA NO. 2
PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI
As recorded by the court registry
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