SURINDER NATH DEWAN vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS.

The Supreme Court upheld the Collector's order declaring the appellant as holder of 15 standard acres of surplus land under the East Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, which became final. The Court ruled that the appellant's claim for restoration of 5 acres of land was untenable as the surplus land vested in the State under Section 12(3) of the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holding Act, 1972, effective from December 23, 1972. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming that no notice was required for the assignment of surplus land to landless poor.