In 1993, when the district collector ordered an investigation into whether the tenancy records matched the revenue records in the village of Nimgaon-Mhalunge (located in Pune), it triggered a long and bitter family land dispute that lasted over 20 years. The collector’s directive aimed to check if any void tenant entries were still appearing in the land’s revenue records however, it invoked a fight for ancestral land between two brothers.
This battle for family lands involved two brothers: Kashinath and Raghunath and after they passed away, their legal heirs continued the fight. The ancestral lands in question are in Pune (village Nimgaon-Mhalunge) and were originally owned by Shankar Kisangir Gosavi, who passed away on November 26, 1931, leaving behind his wife, Parvatibai Shankar Gosavi (Parvatibai) and son-Dattu. Dattu died in 1934 leading to the mutation of the land records in Parvatibai Gosavi’s name.
Parvatibai had two brothers, Kashinath and Gyanba. On January 18, 1945, Parvatibai adopted her brother Gyanba and changed his name to Raghunathgir Shankargir Gosavi (Raghunath). Accordingly, Raghunath became the legal heir of Paravatibai in his capacity as her adopted son.
However, Parvatibai’s other brother, Kashinath Shivram Bharati (Kashinath), claimed tenancy rights over the lands on the strength of his cultivation as on tiller’s day of April 1, 1957. Accordingly he filed an application under Section 32G of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Tenancy Act) before the Tahasildar and Agricultural Lands Tribunal (ALT), which was registered as Tenancy Case No.98 of 1993.
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