Law: Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (V of 1912),

Section: 10

Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (v of 1912),   S. 10-Allotment of Ihata-Unauthorised occupant not to be preferred to applicant who has not taken law into his hand.   ORDER   This is an appeal under section 7 of the Colonization of Government Lands Act, read with section 13 against order dated 3-8-57, passed by the Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Multan, by which he reversed the order of the Collector and allotted the Ihata to respondent Rehmat Ali.   The respondent applied for the allotment of Ihata No. 216, Chak No. 39/12-L, Tehsil Montgomery, and alleged that he had raised some structure in it. The appellant also applied for the allotment of the Ihata. On an enquiry it was found that the respondent had occupied the Ihata in an unauthorised manner and that the atia-dars did not want that the Ihata should be given to him. The Collector held the respondent to be an unauthorised occupant, and allotted the…