Advance notice in land regularisation process directed, with substantive entitlement left for competent authority to decide.

A limited procedural direction was issued requiring the concerned department or village office to notify the petitioner in advance at the address stated in the petition when the regularisation process for the land is undertaken, so that he may submit his claim promptly thereafter. The Court did not examine the merits of the rejection order or decide entitlement to regularisation. The petitioner thus obtained only an opportunity to participate in the process, with the substantive claim left to be considered by the competent authority in accordance with law.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to a direction that he be informed in advance when the procedure for regularisation of the land was undertaken, and be permitted to submit his claim thereafter.

Analysis: The petitioner's grievance was confined to a request for an opportunity to participate in the regularisation process. The Court, without entering into the merits of the rejection order or deciding the claim to regularisation, issued a limited direction to the concerned department or village office to inform the petitioner in advance at the address mentioned in the petition when such procedure is undertaken, and directed the petitioner to apply immediately to the concerned authority thereafter.

Conclusion: The petitioner succeeded only to the limited extent of obtaining a procedural direction, while the merits of the claim were left for consideration in accordance with law.

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