Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955

The appellant, Ram Karan (deceased) through legal representatives, purchased agricultural land in 1962 from a Scheduled Caste vendor and obtained mutation in 1966. The State of Rajasthan, via a Tehsildar, filed a suit under Section 175 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act in 1993 seeking ejectment, alleging the sale violated t…

The appellants challenged the continuation of proceedings under Chapter III‑B of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 for determining ceiling areas of agricultural holdings after the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973 repealed those provisions. The High Court held that the 1973 Act did not ex…

The plaintiff, a minor represented by his father, filed a civil suit seeking a declaration that a gift deed concerning agricultural land was void and an injunction restraining the defendants from alienating the land. Simultaneously, the plaintiff had instituted a suit before the revenue court for a declaration of his k…

The Bank of Baroda granted a demand loan of Rs.36,000 to Moti Bhai, secured by a promissory note, a hypothecation of standing crops and a mortgage deed, with two guarantors. When the loan defaulted, the Bank sued the borrowers in a civil court for recovery of the principal, interest and, in case of non‑payment, sale of…

The State of Rajasthan acquired about 1800 acres of land for defence purposes under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953. The Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) could not determine the compensation because portions of the land were in excess of limits prescribed by the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 and the Rajasthan Impo…

The appellants' land was acquired by the State of Rajasthan under Section 52 of the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959, and vested in the State upon publication of a notification in 1984. After this vesting, the Central Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was extended to Rajasthan and the State amended its own Act in 1987 an…

Vinod Infra Developers Ltd., the owner of agricultural land, sued Mahaveer Lunia and others for declaration, possession and injunction after the respondents executed sale deeds despite the appellant's revocation of a power of attorney and board resolution. The respondents filed an Order VII Rule 11 application seeking …

The appellant, a former biswedar, sought redemption of two agricultural lands that had been mortgaged to the respondent. The lands were mortgaged before the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959 came into force. The respondent contended that, under the Act, all rights in the lands vested in the State an…

The State of Rajasthan challenged a sale of land by members of a Scheduled Caste to Aanjaney Organic Herbal Pvt. Ltd., a private limited company, on the ground that Section 42(b) of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 renders such a transfer void. The company argued that the term "person" in the provision should be given i…

The case concerns three bighas of land in Bikaner purchased by Gordhan Dass and co‑owners in 1970, which the Urban Improvement Trust later claimed to have acquired under the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959. The Trust issued acquisition notices to the original khatedars recorded in the revenue records but not to t…

The appellants, co‑sharers in the khatedari rights of an agricultural holding, challenged a sale by a khatedar tenant, claiming a right of pre‑emption under the Rajasthan Pre‑emption Act, 1966. The central issue was whether the transfer of khatedari rights constituted a transfer of ownership within the meaning of Secti…

The appellant, Deepa, was originally accepted as a tenant of a parcel of land that formed part of a former jagir. The respondent, Ram Chandra, sought her eviction under Section 177 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, but the suit was dismissed because the jagir had been abolished by the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resum…

The Urban Improvement Trust (the appellant) sought to acquire land in Nangli Kota and Moongaska villages under the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959. The respondents challenged the acquisition, alleging procedural defects: failure to serve individual notices under s.52(2), premature possession before compensation w…

The case concerned the determination of ceiling area for Raghubir Singh under the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, where the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) treated the father and his minor son Surendrapal Singh as separate units and allotted each 62 bighas 8 biswas. Raghubir Singh appealed the SDO's order, which was upheld b…

The respondents, landholders under the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, were initially found not to hold surplus land. After the Rajasthan (Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 came into force, they were later declared to have surplus land and the State sought to reopen the earlier 1955 proceedings und…

Five suits were filed by appellants seeking declaration that they became Khatedars under Section 5(4) of the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959, based on possession evidenced by jamabandi records. The closest jamabandi to the abolition date was not produced, and oral evidence was used. The Assistant …

The appellant, daughter of the original landowner, sought redemption of a mortgage executed in 1941. The mortgagee had inducted a tenant, who was entered in revenue records and later received a certificate under s.88C of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. After redemption, the appellant attempted to e…

The National Institute of Medical Sciences University (NIMS) claimed that the State of Rajasthan had failed to respond to its repeated representations for the allotment of Khasra No. 526 and, relying on this silence, constructed extensive buildings on the land. The State, invoking the Jaipur Development Authority Act, …

Daulat Singh, the appellant, owned 254.2 bighas of land and gifted 127.1 bighas to his son in 1963, leaving him with 17.25 standard acres below the ceiling limit. The Rajasthan Revenue Ceiling Department later reopened the case in 1982, alleging excess holdings, and the High Court declared the gift deed invalid for lac…

The appellants, heirs of a zamindar who had mortgaged a parcel of khudkasht land, sued the mortgagee (later his heirs) for possession under Sections 43(3) and 183 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act. The district authority and revenue boards ruled in favour of the appellants, declaring them khatedar kashtkar, but the Rajastha…

The land in Rajasthan was allotted to Chunilal, a Scheduled Caste (SC) landless person, who was induced to sign a sale deed in favour of Bhadar Ram, an SC resident of Punjab, through fraud by Puran Singh, a non‑SC. The trial court held the sale void as it violated Section 42 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 and Secti…

The Rajasthan Housing Board and the original Khatedars appealed against a Division Bench order that granted the New Pink City Nirman Sahkari Samiti Ltd. (the Society) a right to compensation and 25% of the developed land after the State acquired the land under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953. The Court held th…