STATE OF H.P. vs RAJKUMAR BRIJENDER SINGH — C.A. No. 130/1999

Summary of C.A. No. 130/1999 - State of H.P. v. Rajkumar Brijender Singh The Supreme Court partly allowed the State's appeal regarding surplus land declaration under the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972. While upholding that the Financial Commissioner retained power to exercise suo moto review even after the State withdrew its appeal, the Court held this power was vitiated by unreasonable delay—the Commissioner acted 15 years after the Collector's 1976 order. Consequently, the Court set aside the Financial Commissioner's order and restored the Collector's original order declaring 9,000 bighas surplus and retaining 1,000 bighas for the respondents. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.