Shankar Raoji Patil vs Mahadu Govind Chawan on 9 September, 1954
But it is urged on the strength of the judgment in Dhondi Tuharam v. Dadoo Piraji that even though the Mamlatdar may impliedly hold that the petitioners are trespassers, he has no jurisdiction to grant a relief to respondent No. 1 and order possession against trespassers. The contention is that it is only when the tenant wants possession from his landlord that under Section 29(1) the Mamlatdar can pass an order for possession in his favour, but when the tenant is seeking possession against a trespasser, the Tenancy Act confers no jurisdiction upon the Mamlatdar to give him possession and the tenant must be relegated to his rights in a civil Court, and what is urged is that since the Prant Officer came to the conclusion that the petitioners were trespassers,, he should have directed respondent No. 1 to file a suit in a civil Court and not order possession.