https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272889 A valid adoption under custom relates title back to the date of adoption, divesting the widow and vesting ownership in the adopted son; on that footing, the petitioner was a person directly affected by surplus-area proceedings and entitled to notice and hearing. Rule 6 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Rules, 1956 required an opportunity of hearing for persons concerned and was not limited to names in Form D or revenue records. The earlier authority only permitted identification of persons from available records at the initial stage and did not bar a later hearing when a genuinely interested person came forward. The Collector should therefore have entertained the review and decided the matter on merits after hearing him. en-us Tue, 10 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:11:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272889 A valid adoption under custom relates title back to the date of adoption, divesting the widow and vesting ownership in the adopted son; on that footing, the petitioner was a person directly affected by surplus-area proceedings and entitled to notice and hearing. Rule 6 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Rules, 1956 required an opportunity of hearing for persons concerned and was not limited to names in Form D or revenue records. The earlier authority only permitted identification of persons from available records at the initial stage and did not bar a later hearing when a genuinely interested person came forward. The Collector should therefore have entertained the review and decided the matter on merits after hearing him. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272889