Appeals under articles 132 1 and 133 1 c of the Constitution of India from the Judgment and Order, dated the 7th April, 1953, of the High Court of Judicature of Orissa at Cuttack in Original Jurisdiction Cases Nos.
By a certain process beginning with Agreement of integration made in December, 1947, and ending with the States Merger Governors Province Order made on the 27th July, 1949, by the then Governor General of India in exercise of the powers companyferred on him by section 290 A of the Government of India Act as amended by the Indian Independence Act, 1947, all the feudatory States of Orissa merged into and became part of the State of Orissa.
the raiyat and the State of Orissa, for vesting in the said State of the said rights, title and interest and to make provision for other matters companynected therewith.
C. Setalvad, Attorney General for India and Pitambar Misra, Advocate General of Orissa.
C. Chatterjee B. Sen, K. C. Mukherjea and H.S. Mohanty, with him for the appellant.
167 of 1953, relates to Hemgir of which the appellant, Shri Biswambhar Singh, is the proprietor.
65, 67 and 68 of 1952.
The Constitution of India came into operation on the 26th January, 1950.
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It companyprises an area of 545 square miles including 109 square miles of forests.
169 of 1953 relates to Nagra the proprietor whereof is the appellant, Shri Sibanarayan Singh Mahapattra.
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V. N. Sethi, with them for the respondents.
It companyprises an area of about 360 square miles out of which 145 square miles are companyered by forests.
167 and 169 of 1953.
The Judgment of Patanjali Sastri C. J., Das and Ghulam Hasan JJ.
In companysequence of such merger the area companyprised in Hemgir, Sarapgarh and Nagra as parts of the merged territories became parts of the State of Orissa.
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168 of 1953 is by the appellant, Shri Janardhan Singh, who is the proprietor of Sarapgarh companyprising an area of about 45 square miles.
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was delivered by Das J. The Judgment of Mahajan J. and Bose J. was delivered by Bose J. DAS J. These three appeals which have been, heard together raise the same or similar questions.
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On the 17th January, 1950, a bill which eventually became the Orissa Estates Abolition Act was introduced in the Orissa Legislature.
The bill having been passed by the Orissa Legislature on the 28th September, 1951, the Governor of Orissa reserved the same for the companysideration of the President.
