ADDL.DISTT. MAGISTGRATE(REV.)DELHI ADMN. vs SH.SIRI RAM — C.A. No. 6255/1995

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Delhi Administration's appeal and upheld the High Court's decision quashing 1989 amendments to Delhi Land Revenue Rules 49, 63, 65, 67, and Form P5. The Court held that the amendments were ultra vires (beyond the power of) the Land Revenue Act, 1954, as they excluded certain land categories (extended abadi and government/public lands) from possession records and field inspections. The Court reasoned that the rule-making authority lacked statutory power to classify lands or exclude areas from record-of-rights maintenance, thereby depriving tenure/sub-tenure holders of legal protection of their possessory rights guaranteed under the Act. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.