'Her Husband Sacrificed Life For Country's Safety & Dignity': Rajasthan HC Asks State To Decide War Widow's Plea For Land Allotment
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to decide on a war widow's plea seeking grant of possession and document of title of the land allotted to her in 1991, under the relevant scheme. Justice Dinesh Mehta observed that the petitioner is the widow of a martyr, who sacrificed his life for safety and dignity of the country. Thus, the least the State can do is either...
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to decide on a war widow's plea seeking grant of possession and document of title of the land allotted to her in 1991, under the relevant scheme.
Justice Dinesh Mehta observed that the petitioner is the widow of a martyr, who sacrificed his life for safety and dignity of the country. Thus, the least the State can do is either hand over the possession of the allotted land or search for an alternate piece of land.
It directed the petitioner to file a representation before the District Collector, Pali and the Sub-Divisional Officer, Bali along with relevant documents and order copy of the Court's decision within two weeks.
The order stated,
"Present writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the petitioner to file a representation before the District Collector, Pali and the Sub-Divisional Officer, Bali along with relevant documents and a certified copy of the order instant within a period of two weeks from today. In case representation is so addressed, the competent authority shall do the needful, in accordance with law, as early as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the receipt of the representation."
The petitioner had filed the plea raising the grievance that in spite of the fact that land has been allotted to her on 31.03.1991 being a war widow under the relevant scheme, the officers of the respondent-State have not given her possession and document of title of the land.
In this regard, the court ordered that the competent authority shall do the needful, in accordance with law, when aforesaid representation is addressed to them. This action shall be taken as early as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the receipt of the representation, added the court.
The court added that In case the competent authority decides not to hand over the possession, then it will search for an alternate piece of land in order to ensure that the petitioner is given the least that the state can give to the war widow.
Case Title: Lahar Kanwar v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 23