In Brief
A cultivating tenant claimed rights over agricultural land in an Inam Estate after the estate's abolition under the 1948 Act. The tenant had been in possession since before the notified date (17.01.1959) and was entitled to a "ryotwari patta" automatically. The temple (erstwhile landlord) invoked Section 82 of the 1987 Endowments Act to cancel the lease. The Supreme Court held that no subsisting lease existed post-1959 as the landlord-tenant relationship terminated by law. Section 82 did not apply. The tenant's pre-notified date possession gave him automatic ryotwari rights under Section 11 of the 1948 Act. Appeal allowed.
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