STATE OF U.P. vs SMT. SARJOO DEVI & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that the land in question was not customary pasture land as per Sections 212 and 212-A of the 1950 Act, and the Sub-Divisional Officer's order was illegal and not binding on the respondent. The Court clarified that the order of ejectment is not final and a suit can be instituted to establish rights. It was found that the respondent was a hereditary tenant and had fulfilled the conditions to become a sirdar under Section 19 of the Act, thus upholding her claim to the land.