State Of Orissa & Anr vs Fakir Charan Sethi (Dead Through Lrs) & ...

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Orissa High Court affirming the trial court's decree in Title Suit No.620 of 1998, which recognized the plaintiffs' occupancy rights over the suit land under the Orissa Estate Abolition Act, 1951. The Court found that the plaintiffs had established continuous possession and payment of rent since the lease granted to their father in 1942, despite the land being recorded as government property. The Court held that the defendants' claims of forgery regarding the lease documents were unsubstantiated, thereby affirming the plaintiffs' rights to the land.