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Allahabad High Court reinforces that writ courts cannot intervene in pending partition disputes under the U.P. Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, by directing specific outcomes. The ruling mandates the Board of Revenue to decide revisions within four months, upholding statutory adjudication over judicial preemption in property disputes.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that disputes over co-operative society voters' lists must be resolved under Section 70 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, rather than through writ petitions. The court emphasized that statutory adjudication ensures timely resolution under Section 71(5), protecting the integrity of co-operative elections.
The Bombay High Court ruled that BSNL cannot withhold pensions of retired employees merely for failing to submit caste certificates if no statutory adjudication occurred during service. This affirms that pension entitlements are not contingent on post-retirement documentation unless a formal, prior order invalidated the claim - protecting thousands of retired government workers from arbitrary denial of benefits.
The Bombay High Court has ruled that revenue officials cannot unilaterally record tenancy in land records under Section 149 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code without a prior judicial or quasi-judicial determination of tenancy rights under the Bombay Tenancy Act, 1948. This clarifies that fiscal mutations are procedural, not substantive, and protects landowners from arbitrary claims disguised as record updates.
Bombay High Court holds that revenue mutation entries do not determine priority rights under Section 32P of the BTAL Act; statutory adjudication by Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal is mandatory.