2024-03-15 11:57:14
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed with a fine of Rs 1 lakh the plea of a person claiming ownership of land between Yamuna and Ganga, including 65 revenue estates in Agra, Meerut, Delhi, Gurugram and Uttarakhand and other places. Gave. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan rejected the plea of Kunwar Mahendra Dhawaj Prasad Singh, who claims to be the successor of the former king, challenging a single-judge order denying him any relief. Was.
The bench said that the petitioner cannot make such a claim after 78 years of independence. The single bench had in December dismissed Singh’s plea with costs of Rs 10,000. The petitioner claimed in the appeal that he had title to the land falling under the princely state of the Beswan family of the United Province of Agra and since there was no acquisition agreement between his ancestors and the Government of India.
The Union of India’s control over this area is an encroachment. The bench said that this court agrees with the view of the single judge that the claim raised by the appellant cannot be adjudicated in the writ proceedings. The petition was dismissed with costs of Rs 1 lakh. The bench said that the petition was clearly barred by the principle of delay as well as limitation. Because the petition was filed seven decades after independence. The court said that you say that the entire area between Yamuna and Ganga is yours. On what basis are you coming?