UMRAO SINGH vs STATE OF M.P. .

The Supreme Court held that the Collector's cancellation of land allotment to zamindars was justified as the executive instructions under which the allotment was made had been withdrawn. The Court found that the Collector did not exercise suo-moto powers but acted on a pending matter, thus upholding the High Court's decision which set aside the lower courts' decrees. The judgment emphasized that the executive instructions of 1956 merely provided a concession and did not confer a right to the landowners.