Allahabad High Court bars State from reopening Supreme Court-confirmed land decree

to challenge execution proceedings, while the State seeks to set aside earlier orders regarding the rejection of its plaint in a 1993 suit.

Who it concerns: Petitioners: Dr. Chandra Mohan Singhal and others, Ramesh Kumar Singhal and others; Respondent: State of U.P. (through Collector Hamirpur); Bench: Hon'ble Chandra Kumar Rai, J. (Allahabad High Court).

What the court decided

• The Court heard the five clubbed petitions under Article 227.
• The Court noted that the petitions were nominated by the Chief Justice.
• The Court recorded the arguments of counsel for both the petitioners and the State.
• The Court identified common questions of law and facts, leading to the clubbing of the matters.
• The Court detailed the procedural history, including the dismissal of the State's appeals by the Supreme Court in 2003 and the subsequent execution proceedings.
• The Court noted the specific reliefs sought: setting aside the order dated 20.4.2011 in Revision No. 2 of 2011 and directing the decision of Original Suit No. 108 of 1991.

Also in the document

• The matter was reserved on 7.7.2026 and delivered on 5.10.2026.
• The Supreme Court had previously dismissed the State's Special Leave Petitions on 13.10.2003, confirming the lower court decrees in favor of the petitioners.
• The petitioners sought to set aside a revision order dated 20.4.2011 that had allowed the State's challenge to execution proceedings.