Creation of Revenue Villages Is an Administrative, Not Legislative Act, Can't Be Interfered With Unless Arbitrary: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court recently dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the formation of new Revenue Villages in the state, where the petitioners had alleged that these were established without holding mandatory Gram Sabha meetings. Justice Kuldeep Mathur, who presided over the case, ruled that the creation or alteration of Revenue Villages is not a legislative function but rather an administrative act, falling within the policy domain of the State…