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Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954

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ISMAILBHAI I. KANSARA (D) THROUGH LRversusSTATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

2021 INSC 331Dismissed

Ismailbhai I. Kansara, an encroacher, occupied an evacuee land parcel in Gujarat since 1976 and was served an eviction notice under Section 19(2)(b) of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. He filed a writ petition challenging the eviction, but the High Court and the …

MAHENDRA PRATAP DUBEYversusMANAGING OFFICER, EVACUEE PROPERTY & ORS.

2018 INSC 1064Dismissed

The appellant claimed title to a suit property through respondent No.4, alleging that a sale certificate issued by the Custodian of Evacuee Property under the 1950 Act was genuine, while respondent No.3 had obtained a sale certificate from the Managing Officer under the Displaced Persons …

GURUDASSING NAWOOSING PANJWANIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRAAND OTHERS

2015 INSC 833Dismissed

Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani, a displaced person, was allotted land under the Displaced Persons Act but later faced competing mutation entries arising from a series of revenue proceedings. Multiple revisions and appeals were filed under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, culminating in a …

LT. GOVERNOR OF DELHI & ORS.versusMATWAL CHAND (D) THR. LRS.

2015 INSC 638Appeal(s) allowed

The subject land was originally evacuee property that was acquired by the Central Government under Section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 and placed in the compensation pool. It was subsequently auctioned to the respondents, who obtained provisional …

SARASWATI DEVI (D) BY LR.versusDELHI DEVT. AUTHORITY & ORS.

2013 INSC 65Dismissed

The case concerned a 5‑bigha parcel of land that was an evacuee property acquired by the Central Government under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 and later put up for public auction. The appellant’s husband was the highest bidder in 1958, received provisional …

SHANKARA CO-OP HOUSING SOCIETY LTD.versusM. PRABHAKAR & ORS.

2011 INSC 359Appeal(s) allowed

The dispute concerned about 90 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh that had been declared evacuee property under the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 by a notification dated 11‑12‑1952 and later acquired by the Central Government under Section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and …

STATE OF HARYANA & OTHERSversusPRADUMAN SINGH (D) BY LRS

2011 INSC 126Appeal(s) allowed

The predecessor‑in‑interest of Praduman Singh filed a writ petition seeking to quash a 21‑June‑1996 letter from the Haryana Rehabilitation Department that halted land allotment under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, and to compel the Tehsildar to allot him 20 …

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.versusHAR DAYAL

2009 INSC 1258Disposed off

Har Dayal, Karta of a Hindu Undivided Family of displaced persons from Pakistan, filed a claim in 1950 for agricultural land as compensation under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. After partial allotment, the remaining land was not available and in 1989 he was …

HANS RAJ BANGAversusRAM CHANDER AGGARWAL

2005 INSC 242Appeal(s) allowed

The Ministry of Rehabilitation constructed a market shop that formed part of the compensation pool under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 and was sold by tender to Hans Raj Banga. The predecessor‑in‑interest, Bhagwan Das, a squatter and not a displaced person, failed …

POHLA SINGH @ POHLA RAM (D) BY LRS. AND ORS.versusSTATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

2004 INSC 353Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned land allotted to Dhanna Singh, a displaced person, under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, which was later declared surplus under the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955 and allotted to Pohla Singh and others. Dhanna Singh (through his …

DELHI ADMINISTRATION AND ORS.versusMADAN LAL NANGIA AND ORS.

2003 INSC 531Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined the acquisition of several parcels of land in Delhi that were claimed to be evacuee properties. The petitioners argued that the acquisition, made under the Section 4 notification of 23 January 1965, was invalid because earlier notifications had excluded evacuee lands and …

UNION OF INDIAversusSHIV DAYAL SOIN & SONS PVT. LTD. AND ORS.

2003 INSC 123Dismissed

The appellant, lessor, leased a plot of land to the predecessor-in-interest of the respondent under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, using the terms of Appendix XIII to Rule 40(3). Clause 1(vii) required the lessee to construct a house but did not expressly limit …

KARAM CHANDversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2002 INSC 152Dismissed

The dispute concerned a 22-kanal agricultural plot that had been auctioned by the Rehabilitation Department and later sold to Rameshwari Dass. Karam Chand claimed to be the sub‑lessee of the land and applied for its transfer in his favour. After the sale was finalized and a conveyance deed issued to …

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.versusM.C.D AND ANR.

2000 INSC 596Appeal(s) allowed

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO) was allotted 42.6 acres of Government land in Delhi in 1990 for development, with possession taken in March 1994 but a formal lease executed only in July 1997. The Delhi Municipal Corporation levied property tax on the vacant land for the …

PIARA SINGHversusSTATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

2000 INSC 333Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned a parcel of land that had been sold at a public auction in 1959 to respondent No.2 under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. After 23 years the respondent sought a corrigendum to include additional land that was in possession of the appellant, Piara …

TAR MOHAMMED AND ORS. ETC. ETC.versusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC.

1997 INSC 344Dismissed

The appellants claimed tenancy rights over a 689.28‑acre partnership property that had been declared evacuee property after one partner migrated to Pakistan. They argued that, under Section 12(2) of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, a tenancy existing before 14 …

SMT. PRITAM KAURversusDY. SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ORS.

1996 INSC 1440Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, sons of a West‑Pakistani resident who migrated to India in 1947, filed an application on 19 December 1955 under Section 4 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 seeking rehabilitation compensation for land in Pakistan. The authorities verified the claim …

THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (TAXATION) PUNJAB AND ORS.versusHARBHAJAN SINGH

1996 INSC 429Appeal(s) allowed

The respondent, a displaced person, obtained a land assignment under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, through fraud and collusion with revenue officials. The Settlement Officer initially granted the assignment, later set it aside upon discovering the fraud. The …

BHAGWAN DAS AND ANR.versusSARDAR ATMA SINGH

1995 INSC 777Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, who were tillers of agricultural land allotted under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, held the land by a temporary sanad in 1954 that became permanent in 1965. After purchasing the land, the respondent, an absentee landlord, sought possession under …

NOORDUDDINversusDR. K.L. ANAND

1994 INSC 452Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, Noorduddin, claimed an independent right, title and interest in land (Khasra No.179) that he alleged was part of his ancestral property and not covered by the sale of evacuee lands (Khasra Nos.13 and 14) to Dr. K.L. Anand. The respondent sought possession of the latter parcels under a …

GURBAX SINGH S/O CHANDA SINGHversusFINANCIAL COMMISSIONER AND ANR.

1990 INSC 296Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a retired army subedar and displaced person, bought a 7‑kanal parcel of land in a public auction in 1967 and was issued a sale certificate in 1973, making him the legal owner under the Displaced Persons Compensation and Rehabilitation Rules. The second respondent, also a displaced …

PALA SINGH (DECEASED) BY LRS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

1987 INSC 182Dismissed

Pala Singh, a displaced person, was allotted land under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. In 1961 surplus lands were transferred to the Punjab Government under a package‑deal arrangement. In 1962 the Managing Officer allowed Singh to purchase excess land and he paid …

SURINDER SINGHversusCENTRAL GOVERNMENT & ORS.

1986 INSC 204Case Partly allowed

The case concerned a plot of evacuee land that was auctioned to the appellant under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, but the appellant failed to pay the balance and the sale was cancelled. The Central Government, exercising powers under the Act, set aside the …

GRAM PANCHAYAT OF VILLAGE, JAMALPURversusMALWINDER SINGH & ORS.

1985 INSC 150Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned a dispute between Gram Panchayats and the Central Government over the vesting of Shamlat‑deh (village common) lands after the 1947 partition. The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1953 vested such lands in the village panchayats, while the Administration of Evacuee …

SMT. RAJ RANIversusCHIEF SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER DELHI AND ORS.

1984 INSC 103Appeal(s) allowed

Nanak Chand, a displaced person from West Pakistan, disappeared in December 1954. His brother Dewan Chand claimed that Nanak Chand had died and produced a death certificate issued by respectable persons of the place where the family had resided. The Additional Settlement Commissioner, relying on …

HAJI SIDDIK HAJI UMAR & OTHERSversusUNION OF INDIA

1983 INSC 4Dismissed

The plaintiffs, heirs of Haji Umar Kasam, claimed that his properties in Junagadh were not evacuee property and that the Custodian’s taking over of them was illegal. The Union of India argued that the properties had become evacuee property under the Junagadh Act and subsequent statutes, and that …

DR. RAJENDRA PRAKASH SHARMAversusGYAN CHANDRA & ORS.

1980 INSC 55Dismissed

Dr. Rajendra Prakash Sharma claimed title to a house he purchased under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, asserting that it had been declared evacuee property and that the sale was valid. The respondents argued that no declaration under Section 7 of the …