Nagpur Improvement Trust Land Disposal Rules, 1955

The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) acquired 44.61 acres of land from Sheela Ramchandra Tikhe for a drainage scheme and, under a 1968 board resolution, offered to re‑allot the land on lease. Tikhe applied for the entire parcel in 1975; after negotiations, NIT allotted only 24 acres in 1982 and retained the remaining 20.…

The appellants, who had acquired a lease of a plot from the Nagpur Improvement Trust, failed to commence and complete construction within the time limits stipulated in the lease, leading to cancellation of the allotment. The Trust put the plot up for auction; the respondent was the highest bidder up to the second round…

The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) was liable to pay non‑agricultural assessment levied under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code on lands it had leased to various lessees. The lessees contested this liability, arguing that Rule 9 of the Nagpur Improvement Trust (Land Disposal) Rules, 1955 made the Trust solely responsib…