P&H: Sets Aside Suo Motu Revision After 19 Years Under Haryana Ceiling Law
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a 2000 order by the Financial Commissioner that had reopened a land ceiling matter nearly 19 years after the original declaration was accepted.
The case was filed by Harkishan Lal through his legal representatives. He had submitted a declaration under Section 9 of the Haryana Ceiling of Land Holdings Act, 1972, and the Prescribed Authority had accepted it in 1979, finding that no surplus land was left in his hands. The declaration filed by his mother, Jamuna Bai, was also accepted.
In 1998, the State asked the Financial Commissioner to exercise suo...
