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EVICTION OF UNAUTHORISED PERSONS :-(1) If, after considering the cause if any, Show by any person in pursuance of a notice under Section 4 and any :evidence he may produce In support of the same and after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard, the Collector Is Satisfied that the public premises are its • unauthorised occupation, the Collector may make an order of eviction for person to recorded therein, directing that the public premises are in unauthorised Occupation, the Collector may make an order of eviction for person to recorded therein, 10 Public Permises and land (Eviction & Rent Recovery) Act SECTION-5 directing that the public premises shall be vacated on such date as may be specified in the order, by all persons who may be in occupation thereof or any part thereof and cause a copy of the order to be affirmed on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of the public premises or of the estate in which the public premises are situate. (2) If any person refuse or fails to comply with the order of eviction within thirty days of its publication under sub-section (1), the collector or any other officer duly authorised by him in this behalf may evict that person form and take possession of the public and may, for that purpose, use such force as may be necessary. COMMENTARY -Section5- Bungalow was granted to a person whose son later came to occupy it-This was under Government Grants-Later the old grant of the present occupier, the son, was resumed-Respondent having been inducted by the son as tenant has no right to continue in possession which is wholly unauthorised –Government Grants Act, 1895- Sec. 5. 1992(2) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER 13. -S.5(1)-Land owned by Government, held in grant by a person and subsequently by his son—During this period son inducted a tenant, the respondent here—Grant resumed— Tenant ordered to vacate by Estate officer-Order seta aside by Trial Court-Union of India in appeal Held-Property proved to be public Premises –Rights of tenant, if any, extinguished with the rights of the persons having the Grant, after the public premises were resumed-Possession of the tenants, Respondents cannot be held as legal. 1992(2)ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER 564. -S.5-Notification issued for acquisition of Land for public purpose-In the meantime State launched proceeding for eviction of the petitioner from the land unauthorisedly occupied by him-Land in dispute had vacated in State Government-Eviction ordered-Both eviction and notification issue for acquisition challenged by the Petitioner-Eviction order upheld in appeal-No scope for interference in High Court-Acquisition notification also held right- Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Ss. 4 and 60. 1991(1) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER 18 -Section 5 and 4-Punjab Gram Panchayat Common Purposes Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1976, Section 3 and 2(a)-Land after imposing cut on Landowner during Consolidation kept as Mustarka Malkan as per revenue records-Is not Shamilat-deh-Does not vest in Gram Panchayat-Gram Panchayat has no locus staid to initiate eviction proceedings. 1986(1) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER 16. Ss. 4,5 and 7-Factum of taking land on lease on Chakota from Gram Panchayat admitted by the petitioner before trial Court-Title of land as of the landowner cannot be denied by the lessee-After expiry of lease period, petitioner should have surrendered possession-Not done, becomes unauthorised-Deserves to be thrown out of this land-Transfer of Property Act, 1882-S.111; Jarnail Singh v. The joint Development Commissioner (I.R.D.)Punjab; 1995(4) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H)43 Section5-Punjab Gram Panchayat (Common Purposes Land Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1976-Section 3-Gram Panchayat files suit for eviction of respondents/defendants from the land meant for raising income for Gram Public Permises and Land (Eviction & Rent Recovery) Act 11 SECTION-5 Panchayat i.e. belonging to Gram Panchayat i.e. public premises-Suits were dismissed on one count or the other upto Joint Director-In appeal Single Judge observed that the Supreme Court ruling under the consolidation scheme no land Could be reserved for income of Gram Panchayat-Gram Panchayat in appeal, by revenue record some of the lands if not all of them had been leased out by the Gram Panchayat-Held-Some- portion of land has been leased out but some of its continues to be in posses- sion of petitioners-Joint Director would re-examine the entire matter and give finding within 6 months-Status quo regarding possession continues till then; Gram Panchayat Khiala v. Joint Director, Panchayat (Commissioner), Punjab; 1995(1) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H) 55. S. S-B{ 1 )-Writ petition is filed for issuance of writ in the nature of prohibition directing respondents, authorities and restraining them from demolishing the religious place-Quashing of order is sought as no opportunity of being heard was given to the petitioners orders are ultra vires to the provisions of the Act-During the pendency of petition a large number of documents have been filed to prove the lands as not Public Premises-Impugned notice/orders are set aside-Matter referred back to Estate Officer to decide afresh if the land falls within the ambit of public premises after taking into consideration the additional evidence produced and hearing the parties; Mandir of Pir Sultan Mohammed Khan, Village Devi Nagar, District Panchkula v. Additional District Judge, Ambala and others. 2000(1) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (PB&HRY.) 24. Ss. 5 and 7-With the nationalisation of the Insurance Companies, the premises belonging to a constituent company took the shape of public premises- "This building had a tenant since 1944, who had further indicted the appellant herein as sub-tenant-L.!. C. filed suit for eviction of both under the Unauthorised Occupants Act and the damages for the. use of public premises-Estate Officer passed an order of eviction. , as also for damages against the appellant company -At one stage lower court negated the claim for damages but when the High Court ordered remand to Estate Officer, L.I.C: pleaded its case for damagesalso to be included-About the damages part of it the appellant are. in apex Court by special leave petition-Held-When the occupation of the premises in question was a factor in continuation, the liability to apy for the use and occupation thereof, be it in the form of rent or of damages was also a continuing factor-Both these questions be viewed interdependently; Shangrila Food Products Ltd. & Anr. v. Life Insurance Corporation of India and another; 1997{3) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (SUPREME COURT) 328. Sections 5 and 7-Petitioner challenged. eviction orders on the ground that· most of the land vested in Central Government and rest in Gram Panchayat-Suit by Municipal Committee is not maintainable-Held, it has been proved that ultimately Municipality has stepped into the shoes of the Central Government as well the Gram further Panchayat-Held-None of the documents produced Shown that the land owner, may be Gram Panchayat and Central Government and lastly the Municipal Committee, have accepted any rent from the petitioner-Petitioner is in unauthorised occupation of the land after expiry of the lease; Pritam Singh v. Municipal : Committee Rania; 1995(4) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H) 573 • . Sections 5 and 7-A person is possession of land after the expiry of lease of one year and having held the possession by virtue of litigation. Without payment of 12 Public Permises and Land (Eviction & Rent Recovery) Act . SECTION- 5, 6 and 7 any rent, is not a lessee-Unauthorised possession is not entitled to invoke the discretionary jurisdiction under Constitution Of India, Article 226; Pritam Singh v.Municipal Committee Rania; , 1995(4) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H) 573. Sections 5 and 7-order of eviction from public premises under the Haryana Act 1972 or impugned-Petitioner is a tenant on payment of annual rent of Rs. 80/per acre-Ground of challenge that Trial Court had erred in treating the land as belonging to Municipal Committee whereas as per mutation entries most of the land belonged to Gram Panchayat and rest to Central Government-As per respondents share of the Gram Panchayat was transferred to Municipality and hence the maintainability of the eviction petition-Held-After expiry of the. annual lease, Panchayat or the Committee never accepted any rent-Petitioner cannot be held to be in authorised occupation of the land-He continued in possession without paying rent because of litigation-Such a person is not entitled to invoke1he discretionary powers of the Court; Pritam Singh v. Municipal Committee Rania & ors.1995(2) ALL IN DIA LAND LAWS REPORTERVOL. 42 (P&H)