#Shamlat Land

Himachal Pradesh High Court rules that continuous possession and payment of land revenue, as evidenced by revenue records, override vesting entries under the H.P. Village Common Land Act, 1974. This entitles proprietors to compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, reinforcing the primacy of factual possession over statutory vesting in land acquisition disputes.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that civil courts retain jurisdiction over title disputes involving shamlat land if the land was never reserved for common purposes under consolidation schemes. The Court held that ejectment orders under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands Act cannot operate as res judicata on title, allowing landowners to challenge mutations procured without notice.