https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172151 A settlement order may be recalled only in exceptional circumstances such as fraud, collusion, patent lack of jurisdiction, or a fundamental defect like total non-service of a necessary party. Section 38A of the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 allowed only limited correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes, so it did not support a broader review power. A defect in publication of notice, a belated application, or misclassification of the proceeding as a claim case rather than a lease case was treated as an irregularity, not a jurisdictional nullity. The recall/review order was therefore without jurisdiction and could not stand. en-us Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172151 A settlement order may be recalled only in exceptional circumstances such as fraud, collusion, patent lack of jurisdiction, or a fundamental defect like total non-service of a necessary party. Section 38A of the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 allowed only limited correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes, so it did not support a broader review power. A defect in publication of notice, a belated application, or misclassification of the proceeding as a claim case rather than a lease case was treated as an irregularity, not a jurisdictional nullity. The recall/review order was therefore without jurisdiction and could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172151