BEHARI KUNJ SAHKARI AVAS SAMITI vs STATE OF U.P.

The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of writ petitions concerning Khasra No. 519, village Surjepur, Agra, which was declared evacuee property under the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950. The Court clarified that the property vested in the Custodian and was auctioned under the Displaced Persons (Compensation & Rehabilitation) Act, 1955, with the sale certificate issued to Tuljaram. The Court rejected the claim of Harnath Chaturvedi regarding hereditary tenancy rights over the agricultural land, affirming that the entire property was subject to the auction and subsequent vesting in the Central Government under the relevant statutes.