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PETITIONER: RANGILDAS VARAJDAS KHANDWALA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: COLLECTOR OF SURAT AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/10/1960
BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ) KAPUR, J.L. GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. SUBBARAO, K.
CITATION: 1961 AIR 291 1961 SCR (1) 951 CITATOR INFO : RF 1983 SC 762 (17)
ACT: Inams--Abolition of Personal Inams--Constitutional validity of Enactment--Land used for non-agricultural purpose--Levy of full assessment by Collector--Validity--Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. 5 of 1879), ss. 45, 48, 52, 117-R--Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952 (Bom. 42 of 1953), ss. 4, 5, 7--Constitution of India, Arts. 31-A, 294(b).
HEADNOTE: The appellant was the holder of a personal inam which he had purchased from the original inamdar to whom a Sanad had been issued under Bombay Act No. VII of 1863. He was paying Rs. 7 as salami and Rs. 6-3-0 as quit rent, the full assessment of the land being Rs. 56-8-0. The land which formed part of the inam was originally in a village but subsequently became a part of the suburbs of the city of Surat and as the land was being used for non-agricultural purpose and a large bungalow had been erected on it, the Collector decided that it was liable to non-agricultural assessment under S. 52 Of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, with effect from August 1, 1955, in vie...