State Of Punjab & Ors vs Bhatinda District Coop. Milk P. Union ... on 11 October, 2007
13. The above decision has been
reiterated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in its
subsequent judgment in the case of
Santhoshkumar Shivgonda Patil &
others vs. Balasaheb Tukaram Shevale
and others reported in (2009) 9 SCC 352
wherein at para.10 referring to the ruling in
the case of State of Punjab vs. Bhatinda
District Co-op Milk Producers Union Ltd.,
held that where the statute does not
prescribe the time limit, same has to be
exercised within a reasonable time be it suo
motu or otherwise. It was pleased to hold
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that the reasonable period under the
Maharashtra Land Revenue Code could be
three years subject to exceptional
circumstances and categorically held that
the exercise of revisional power after lapse of
17 years can by no stretch of imagination be
construed as being within a reasonable time.
The observation of the Hon'ble Apex Court in
para.10,11 and 12 is reproduced below.