Ordinarily, all the lands other than private lands are vested in the Government. Under the Act, certain properties and works are vested in Gram Panchayats, such as, public roads in Gram Panchayats (under Section 53 of the Act), communal property or income in Gram Panchayats (under Section 55 of the Act), Maintenance of Irrigation works (under Section 56 of the Act), management of ferries etc., inGram Panchayats (under Section 57 of the Act), and certain porambokes, such as grazing grounds, threshing floors, burning and burial grounds, cattle stands, carts tanks and topes, which are at the disposal of the Government and are not required by them for any specific purpose (under Section 58 of the Act). It is not the pleaded case of the petitioner that the land which is in dispute falls under any of these provisions. Therefore, it is not possible for this Court to recognize the petitioner as the owner of the land, which is allegedly in occupation of respondent No.1 – Corporation. In the absence of clear title vested in the petitioner and in the face of a serious dispute raised by respondent No.1 with regard to ownership of the petitioner over the land in dispute, it is not possible for this Court to grant any relief to the petitioner in a proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The appropriate remedy for the petitioner is to avail the common law remedy of a civil suit seeking declaration of its title and other consequential reliefs. If such suit is filed, the
