The transferees objected to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner on the ground that he had numberpower to revise the order of the Collector.
It was against this order that the appellants filed a writ petition before the High Court assailing the orders of the Commissioner as also the Board of Revenue.
This companytention was rejected by the Commissioner and hence, a revision was taken to the Board of Revenue which companyfirmed the view of the Commissioner.
Appeal by Certificate from the Judgement and Order dated the 9th February 1979 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur in Miscellaneous Petition No.
Against the order of the Collector a revision was taken by the Commissioner in exercise of his powers under s. 50 of the M. P. Land Revenue Code, 1959 hereinafter referred to as the Code .
245 N of 1971.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
Mukul Rohtagi and A. G. Ratnaparkhi for the Appellants.
361 of 1967.
By virtue of s.6 of the Abolition Act all transfers made by proprietors at any time after 16th March 1950 were deemed to be void unless declared valid by the Collector on a proper application made to him.
Ravinder Bana and A. K Sanghi for the Respondents The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAZAL ALI, J. This appeal by certificate is directed against a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellants against certain orders of the Revenue Officers under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Estates, Mahals, Alienated Lands Act, 1950 for short, Abolition Act which came into force sometime in the year 1951.
The transferees, in view of the aforesaid provisions, filed applications before the Collector in 1964 who validated the transfers by his order dated 6th June 1964.
