Jaipur: The Supreme Court has reopened proceedings in a Rs 400-crore land dispute between the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and the family of former royal and deputy CM Diya Kumari, setting aside a Rajasthan High Court order that allowed a 2011 trial court decree in favour of the princely estate to “stand without examination on merit”.The bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Vishwanathan held that there was no justification in the high court declining to consider JDA’s appeal on technical grounds. The judges directed the HC bench to decide JDA’s first appeal on merit within four weeks and submit a compliance report. The dispute involves land in what used to be ‘Hathroi village’ in official records before becoming part of central Jaipur’s urban sprawl, including prime real estate, schools, hospitals and other civic infrastructure.JDA pegs the value of the land parcel, mentioned in revenue records as ‘Siwai chak’ (uncultivable govt land), at Rs 400 crore. The petition says the civic administration took possession of the land in the 1990s, challenging the erstwhile royal family’s claim that it was registered as private property under the 1949 Covenant linked to Jaipur’s accession to the Indian Union.
14 years after decree infavour of city royals, SC reopens 400cr dispute | Jaipur News
