HP Land Revenue Act | Financial Commissioner Can't Interfere with Order Set Aside by District Collector Without Declaring It Illegal: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court, in a detailed judgment, has quashed the order passed by the Financial Commissioner, ruling that he had exceeded his jurisdiction under Section 17 of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954. The case, titled Sanjay Kumar v/s State of H.P. & Others, was decided by Justice Satyen Vaidya, who held that the Financial Commissioner relied on irrelevant and non-existent material and interfered with the decision…