review of the order of
Assistant Settlement Officer, the Commissioner of Survey and Settlement
has allowed patta in contravention of the rules stated above, which ... powers of Assistant Settlement Officer/
Settlement Officer to entertain appeal against the decision in the Final
Settlement Enquiry was confined only to orders under Section
Natham"
sites where not fully subdivided earlier under the Natham
Settlement Scheme, patta was issued on the basis of enjoyment
and the rules ... sites
physically adjacent to Natham patta lands of the claimant that
have alrady been issued patta under the Natham Settlement
Scheme.
In such cases
settlement register during the settlement, were
classified as “Vaigai River Government Poramboke”, the Settlement Officer
had sub divided the lands in S.No.1 into ... arise for consideration in these cases is, whether the
Royatwari patta issued by the Settlement Officer on 13.04.1978 in favour
occasion to come across
various cases in which Ryotwari patta has been granted by Settlement Officers
erroneously by changing the original classification of the lands ... Register, Adangal, etc., and the complaints of Settlement Officers granting
Ryotwari patta without proper verification is being enquired into by the
respondents
Settlement Officer on 27.3.2001, states
that the Settlement Officer has passed an order in favour of the writ
petitioner and a Ryotwari patta was granted ... cancellation of the orders passed by the Assistant
Settlement Officer, Dharapuram, granting patta for the extent of
1.84 acres in Survey
petitioners therein to file fresh application before the Government, viz., Settlement Officer for ryotwari patta. Mr. Nariman, learned Senior Counsel who appeared for the petitioners ... Rule 8, the application should have been filed for ryotwari patta before the Settlement Officer within six months from 27.11.1974. Admittedly, none of the petitioners
taken to alter the registries made during the
operation of settlement, as the Settlement Authorities do not have powers to
condone the delay in entertaining ... Commissioner of Land
Administration held that the order granting ryotwari patta passed by
Assistant Settlement Officer is unlawful for the following reasons:
(1) Original order
Patti Gounder and others
were rejected by the Settlement Tahsildar. The settlement Tahsildar allowed
Ryotwari Patta in the name of the religious institutions ... Minor Inam
Tribunal, since the hereditary pujaris, who claimed Ryotwari patta before the
Settlement Tahsildar represented the Temple and was impleaded as
respondents before
more than 50 years, the
action of cancelling the ryotwari patta issued by the
Settlement Tahsildar will create severe law and order
problems. Therefore ... apply for patta outside
the scope of the Act or who failed to apply and get patta during the currency
of Settlement to apply
sites physically adjacent to natham patta lands of the claimant that have already been issued patta under the Natham Settlement Scheme.
In such cases ... petitioner has already ben evaluated during the Natham Settlement. The natham patta has been granted after verifying the documents and possession during the Natham Settlement
