STATE OF HARYANA versus MOHAN LAL & ORS.

STATE OF HARYANA versus MOHAN LAL & ORS.

The attention of the High Court was not drawn to s. 4A of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, which authorizes the State Government to appoint trustees during the municipal committee's supersession. The Act continues to apply once brought into operation and does not cease upon dissolution of the trust or reconstitution of the municipal committee. Under ss. 3 and 4 of the Act and s. 12 of the General Clauses (Punjab) Act, 1898, the Government retains power to reconstitute a dissolved Trust.

Parties
Appellant: State of Haryana; Respondents: Mohan Lal & Ors.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
30 October 1969
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal by Special Leave From Punjab High Court Judgment in Letters Patent Appeal No. 110 of 1965
Outcome
Appeal allowed; judgment of the High Court set aside; writ petition dismissed
Legal Topics
Supersession of Municipality, Creation and Dissolution of Improvement Trust, Powers of State Government, Interpretation of Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922
Administrative Law Municipal Law Supersession of Municipality Creation and Dissolution of Improvement Trust Powers of State Government Interpretation of Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922

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Parties

State of Haryana

Appellant

Mohan Lal & Ors.

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal by Special Leave From Punjab High Court Judgment in Letters Patent Appeal No. 110 of 1965

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the State Government had authority to set up the Rohtak Improvement Trust when the municipal committee was superseded
  2. 2 Whether reconstitution of the Improvement Trust after dissolution was valid under the 1922 Act

Ratio Decidendi

The attention of the High Court was not drawn to s. 4A of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, which authorizes the State Government to appoint trustees during the municipal committee's supersession. The Act continues to apply once brought into operation and does not cease upon dissolution of the trust or reconstitution of the municipal committee. Under ss. 3 and 4 of the Act and s. 12 of the General Clauses (Punjab) Act, 1898, the Government retains power to reconstitute a dissolved Trust.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed; judgment of the High Court set aside; writ petition dismissed

Orders

  • No order as to costs throughout