https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285052 Restoration proceedings under the Bihar Kosi Area (Restoration of Lands to Raiyats) Act, 1951 could not be pursued after inordinate, unexplained delay even though the Act prescribed no express limitation period. The statutory power had to be exercised within a reasonable time, and a beneficial restoration regime did not justify reopening long-settled land transactions after decades, especially where third-party rights had intervened. The argument that the authority could act suo motu at any time was rejected because an unfettered temporal power would be arbitrary. The proceedings were therefore treated as barred by unreasonable delay and could not be sustained. en-us Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:51:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285052 Restoration proceedings under the Bihar Kosi Area (Restoration of Lands to Raiyats) Act, 1951 could not be pursued after inordinate, unexplained delay even though the Act prescribed no express limitation period. The statutory power had to be exercised within a reasonable time, and a beneficial restoration regime did not justify reopening long-settled land transactions after decades, especially where third-party rights had intervened. The argument that the authority could act suo motu at any time was rejected because an unfettered temporal power would be arbitrary. The proceedings were therefore treated as barred by unreasonable delay and could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285052