A.P. NAYAR vs REHA.MIN.EMP.COOP HOUSE BLDG.SOC.LTD&ORS

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that the Rehabilitation Ministry Employees Cooperative Group Housing Society Limited was the rightful lessee of the land in question, rejecting the appellants' claim based on a sale deed dated 07.05.1955. The Court found that the land had vested in the Government in 1949, prior to the sale, and that the appellants only had a right to compensation under the Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act, 1948. The Court affirmed the High Court's order restraining the appellants from interfering with the society's possession of the land, thus dismissing the appeal.