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CHAPTER—IX Tenures · Declaratory suits

Section 144: Declaratory suits by tenure holders

The Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 20 of 2026.

The marginal headings printed beside each section in this edition are shown as the section headings.

(1) Any person claiming to be a bhumidhar or asami of any holding or part thereof, whether exclusively or jointly with any other person, may sue for a declaration of his rights in such holding or part.

(2) In every suit under sub-section (1) instituted by or on behalf of :—

(a) a bhumidhar, the State and the 1[Gram Panchayat] shall be necessary parties ;

(b) an asami, the land-holder shall be a necessary party.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 2(a) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.

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