village portion of a village, or land held under a Devasthan inam is Devasthan land as defined in Section 2(7) . All Devasthan inams (except ... includes grant of land. Such land held under the Devasthan inam would be Devasthan land. Therefore, there is no valid basis for excluding rights relating
passed an order declaring the properties to be
Devasthan land. The said order has become final.
Assuming that the order passed by the authority ... thus:
"(7) "Devasthan land" means a village,
portion of a village or land held under a
Devasthan inam"
Devasthan inam
Palanpur and decided that this land
S.No 6 is river-bed land and also decided that this land is
vested in Government ... Devasthan Land" means a village, potion of a
village or land held under a Devasthan inam;"
25. The term "inferior holder
specific provision made in Section 8 of Devasthan Act with
respect to vesting of Devasthan land in Government, inquiry under
Section 37(2) cannot ... land revenue, or
(iii) assignment of land revenue of a village, portion of
village or land or a share in such land revenue
certain devasthan Inam together with their incidents etc. and Section 6 deals with the occupancy rights in respect of devasthan lands and it has been ... land, the person deemed to be the occupant primarily liable to the State Government for making payment of land revenue in respect of such land
that, the construction has been done on the land which is Devasthan Inam land, the same being commonly known as Shah-e-Alam Devasthan Inam ... Advocate for the petitioner has stated that the land in dispute was originally land governed by Devasthan Inam Act and as per the sale deed
such land an opportunity to be heard and satisfying himself that the land or any portion thereof has ceased to be exempted land, by order ... gainsaid that by virtue of the Devasthan Act the Devasthan Inams came to be abolished and the lands represented by such Devasthan Inams subject
view of the Revenue Tribunal, the land in question is not Devasthan land and that Section 19 can only be attracted if the land ... neither Devasthan Inam lands and this categorical finding of the Revenue Tribunal that the land in dispute is not Devasthan Inams land was not attacked
provisions of Gujarat Devasthan Inami
Abolition Act, 1969 ('the Act' for short). The person in
possession of Devasthan land as on the date ... inferior holder" as any
person, who is in possession of Devasthan land in any
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guntha is
accepted to be Devsthan land. In respect to the suit land Land
Survey Tenure came into force from 1910-10, from the said ... Deputy Collector that land is Devsthan land of
Laxminarayan temple. Secretary further held that management of the
land was done from time to time
