In Brief
The appellant claimed that land recorded as 'Charnoi' (common grazing land) was a grove that should be retained by the former zamindar's heirs under Section 5(f) of the Madhya Bharat Abolition of Zamindari Act, 1951. The Supreme Court held that Charnoi land—recorded as common land for villagers' cattle grazing—vests absolutely in the State under Section 4(1)(a), regardless of fruit-bearing trees present. Section 5(f)'s grove exception requires the land's primary use to be reserved for grove purposes, not for public grazing. Dismissing the appeal, the Court affirmed that common land reserved for public purposes automatically vests in the State upon abolition of intermediaries.
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