DAFEDAR NIRANJAN SINGH AND ANOTHER vs CUSTODIAN, EVACUEE PROPERTY (PB.) AND ANOTHER.

The Supreme Court held that Section 58(3) of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, applies to both administrative and judicial orders made by the Custodian of Evacuee Property. The Court ruled that the order dated June 6, 1949, releasing property could not be deemed to have been passed under subsequent Ordinances due to a break in the chain of fictions. Consequently, the order had attained finality under the earlier Ordinance and could not be revised under Section 27 of the Act, affirming the principles established in Indira Sohan Lal v. Custodian of Evacuee Property, Delhi.