Supreme Court of India

Bihar State Housing Board and Ors. v. Satya Narayan Prasad (dead) by L.rs. and Ors.

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Bench G.B. Pattanaik and M. Srinivasan JJ.
Decided 28 January 1998

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case a disquieting feature was brought to our notice, namely, an affidavit of a dead man was filed in the Registry by the concerned advocate-on-record but later on he has tried to wriggle out of the situation by trying to exclude the document from the Paper Book.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Rules for Settlement of Land Acquired and Developed by the State Government at Patna-Rules 2(g) and 14-No residential plot to be allotted c if that person has another plot in Patna-Written undertaking to be given to this effect-Intimation to be given to authorities if some land is acquired later-Acquisition of another plot of land not intimated as per undertaking-- Allotment of first plot of land cancelled-High Court quashed m;der of cancellation-On appeal Held, allotment liable to be cancelled being contrary to Rules-Undertaking had not been carried out-Hence equitable relief cannot be…

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