Mumbai, March 16 The Bombay High Court has resolved a 76-year-old property dispute by ordering the division of a one-acre plot in Pune among the heirs of the original landowner.
A single bench of Justice Farhan Dubash, in a judgment passed last month, disposed of petitions filed in February 1950 by the heirs of landowner M M H Janmohammed, seeking partition and their shares in the properties.
The court ordered the division of the remaining nearly one acre (4,271 sqm) of land in Yerawada among his heirs.
The properties left behind by Janmohammed included two large plots – one on Deccan College Road and the other at Yerwada in Pune.
In March 1950, a preliminary partition was declared. The Maharashtra government then acquired the Deccan College Road plot, and the compensation was divided among the legal heirs.
The dispute over a 16-acre plot in Yerawada persisted, as several other people, including the heirs of a manager appointed by the landowner during his lifetime, claimed rights over the property, asserting that the land had been given in lieu of debts.
In 1955, the heirs reached a compromise settlement. However, a one-acre plot remained in dispute, which the high court directed to be divided among the legal heirs of Janmohammed on February 27 this year.