The Gujarat Revenue Tribunal companyfirmed the order of the Jagir Abolition Officer The Tribunal held that the Sanad granted to the respondents father related merely to the right of usufruct of the villages and the grantee was expressly prohibited from mortgaging, selling or disposing of the same in any manner.
The respondent moved a petition in the High Court of Gujarat for a writ quashing the order of the Tribunal.
That prohibition in the view of the Tribunal applied to teak trees as well.
The High Court held that there was evidence on the record that the State of Chhota Udaipur had treated and dealt with the forest as absolute property of the grantee, and it was number proved that the teak trees were reserved trees.
By the Bombay Merged Territories and Areas Jagirs Abolition Act 39 of 1954 with effect from August 1, 1954, the Jagir of the respondent stood abolished.
C. Shah, J. Kumar Shri Ranjit Singhji Bhavan Singhji hereinafter called the respondent was the holder of a Jagir of four villages Saloz, Vaurkhan, Kambalad and Thambla in Taluka, Jambegam, District Baroda These villages were granted by a Sanad dated August 18, 1885, to the father of the respondent by the then Ruler of Chhota Udaipur.
