https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193986 Under the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951, vesting under Section 5 transfers the entire estate to the State free from encumbrances, leaving the intermediary with only those rights expressly saved by the Act. Section 7 is a strict exception and applies only to land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes and in the intermediary's khas possession on the date of vesting. Non-agricultural anabadi land not shown to be in cultivating possession does not meet that requirement and cannot be validly settled in favour of the ex-intermediary. A settlement made outside this limited statutory exception is contrary to the scheme of the Act. en-us Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193986 Under the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951, vesting under Section 5 transfers the entire estate to the State free from encumbrances, leaving the intermediary with only those rights expressly saved by the Act. Section 7 is a strict exception and applies only to land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes and in the intermediary's khas possession on the date of vesting. Non-agricultural anabadi land not shown to be in cultivating possession does not meet that requirement and cannot be validly settled in favour of the ex-intermediary. A settlement made outside this limited statutory exception is contrary to the scheme of the Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193986