SLP(C) No. 012868 / 2011

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Under a State legislation governing village common lands, land recorded as Shamlat Deh automatically vests in the State by operation of law, extinguishing any private claim of ownership or adverse possession irrespective of the duration of possession claimed. Concurrent findings of fact recorded by subordinate courts, when affirmed by the High Court in second appeal, are not interfered with unless there is a demonstrable perversity or error of law. This analysis, brought to you via casestatus.in, underscores that mere long possession cannot override statutory vesting of community land in the State.