Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972

The appellants, followers of the Dam Dama religious shrine, filed a suit seeking a declaration that certain land belonged to the shrine and an injunction against its transfer as surplus. The trial court noted that the respondents had not raised any jurisdictional objection and decided in favor of the plaintiffs, but la…

The appellant, Ajmer Kaur, challenged the revenue authorities' re‑determination of her father Daya Singh's land holdings under the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972. The Collector had initially declared 3.12 hectares surplus in 1976, an order that became final after the appeal was dismissed in 1979. After the death of Daya…

The appellant, legatee of the late Daljit Singh, challenged the allotment of land declared surplus under the PEPSU Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act to respondents 5‑10. The landowner had been declared surplus in 1976, but the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 came into force in 1973 and its Section 28 saved pending surpl…

The case concerned surplus land of a large landholder, Raghubinder Nath, whose ceiling was fixed under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 and a portion declared surplus. Jagat Ram, a tenant, obtained a decree for allotment of the surplus land and the Collector allotted it to him; he deposited the purchase pr…

Ujjagar Singh (deceased) held 218 kanals of land that were declared surplus under the Pepsu Tenancy Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, but the State never took possession of the land. When the Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 came into force, fresh proceedings were initiated to declare the same land surplus and to take possess…