The Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act,1954
Section 10. Special procedure for compensation in certain cases
Where any immovable property has been leased or allotted to a displaced person by the Custodian under the conditions published
(a) by the notification of the Government of Punjab in the Department of Rehabilitation No.4895-Development or 4891-Development dated the 8th July,1959, or
(b) by the notification of all Government of Patiala and East Punjab States Union in the Department of Rehabilitation No. 8R or 9R dated the 23rd July,1949, and published in the Official Gazette of that State dated the 7th August,1949.
and such property is acquired under the provisions of this Act and forms part of the compensation pool, the displaced person shall, so long as the property remains vested in the Central Government, continue in possession of such property on the same conditions on which he held the property immediately before the date of acquisition, and the Central Government may, for the purpose of payment of compensation to such displaced person transfer to him such property on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
Explanation For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the notification of the Government of Patiala and East Punjab States Union Nos. 7R, 8R and 9R, dated the 23rd July,1949, and published in the Official Gazette on the 7th August,1949, purporting to have been made under provisions of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Evacuee (Administration of Property) Ordinance,2006 (Ordinance No. XIII of 2006) shall be deemed to have been issued under the provisions of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Administration of Evacuee Property Ordinance,2006 (Ordinance NO.XVII of 2006) and the said notification shall not be invalid and shall be deemed never to have been invalid merely by reason of the fact that they were expressed to have been issued under the provisions of the said Ordinance No. XIII of 2006, and anything done or any action taken (including any lease or allotment granted or made) under the provisions of the said notifications shall, notwithstanding any defect in or invalidity of the said notifications, be deemed for all purposes to have been validly done or taken as if the said notifications were issued under the provisions of the aforesaid Ordinance No. XVII of 2006 and this Section was in force on the day on which such thing was done or action was taken.
Section ” 10 – SYNOPSIS
1.Grant of Sanad.
COMMENTARY
1.Grant of Sanad Displaced person becomes owner of land on the date when sanad is granted and not when sanad Taqsim is granted Adverse possession and period of limitation would start from the date sanad is granted. Battan Singh v. Smt. Rakhi,1982 L.L.R. 463.
The Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act,1954
