Summarize the following court judgment. Civil Appeal No. 32 of 1971. Appeal from the judgment and order dated March 12	 1970 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Miscellaneous Petition No. 184 of 1965. I. N. Shroff	 for the appellants. V. section Desai	 section K. Mehta	 K. L. Mehta	 V. K. Sapre and K. R. Nagaraja	 for the respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Vaidialingam	 J. The short question that arises for consideration in this appeal	 on certificate	 is whether the High Court has complied with the directions given by this Court in its judgment dated January 25	 1968 in Civil Appeals Nos. 1244 and 1245 of 1967 and adjudicated upon the question whether the claim made by the respondent that the tanks and wells in question were constructed on "occupied I and" belonging to the Jagirdar within the meaning of section 5(c) of the Madhya Bharat Abolition of Jagirs Acts	 Samvat 2008 (Act 28 of 1951) (hereinafter to be referred as the Abolition Act). The facts leading up to the present decision of the High Court may be stated: In Samvat 1885 the Ruler of the erstwhile Gwalior State conferred on the predecessor in title of the respondent the Jagir of Mauza Siroli situated in Pargana Gwalior. The Abolition Act came into force on December 4	 1952. Section 3 provides for resumption of Jagir lands by the Government. Under sub section (3)	 the date appointed under section 3 as the date for resumption of Jagir lands is "the date of resumption '. After the issue of notification under section 3	 appointing a date for resumption	 all the property in the Jagirdar including Jagir lands	 forest	 trees	 fisheries	 wells	 tanks	 ponds etc. stood vested in the State under section 4 of the Abolition Act. But under section 5 (c) all tanks	 trees	 private wells and buildings in or on the occupied lands	 belonging or held by the Jagirdar or any other person	 were excluded from vesting. After the abolition of Jagirs under the Abolition Act	 proceedings were initiated for determining the compensation payable to the respondent and the same was determined. Out of the amount	 so determined	 certain loans were deducted and the balance amount was paid. The Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue position ultimately was that the entire extent of the tanks was in 'occupied as the Code) came into force on October 2	 1959. Section 251 866 of the Code provided for vesting in the State Government all ranks situated on unoccupied lands	 in the circumstances mentioned therein. The said section made provision for claiming compensation in the manner laid down therein. The respondent on April 5	 1961 made an application to the Collector	 Gwalior under section 251 of the Code claiming com pensation for tanks which	 according to him	 had been built by himself and his predecessor in title over an area of 1679 bighas and 18 biswas of land. There were various orders passed by the authorities in connection with the said claim for compensation. The respondent moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court under article 226 of the Constitution by two writ petitions to quash two orders of the Collector of Gwalior and two orders of the Additional Commissioner	 Gwalior Division. The writ petitions were opposed by the State on the ground that the four tanks claimed by the writ petitioner were really not tanks and in any case the tanks were not on "occupied land" within the meaning 	of section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act and the wells claimed by him had also vested in the State under section 4(1)(a) of the Abolition Act. The High Court by its judgment dated November 30	 1966 allowed the writ petitions and quashed the four orders	 referred to above	 on the ground that the claim made by the respondent that the tanks were on "occupied land" under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act	 has to be decided by the Jagir Commissioner in the manner required under section 17 of the said Act. The State challenged before this Court in Civil Appeals Nos. 1244 and 1245 of 1967	 the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. 'Me contention raised on behalf of the State was that section 17 of the Abolition Act had no application and that it was the function of the Jagir Commissioner alone to inquire whether the claim of the writ petitioner under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act was well founded on merits and then refer the matter for the final decision of the Government under section 17 of the Abolition Act. After a consideration of the scheme of the Abolition Act and in particular of section 17	 this Court accepted the contention of the State and held that the inquiry contemplated under section 17 by the Jagir Commissioner relates to compensation to be paid to the Jagirdar whose Jagir is vested in the State Government and once the compensation is determined and paid	 no further inquiry under section 17 is contemplated. In this view	 by its judgment dated January 25	 1968	 this Court set aside the orders passed by the High Court. This Court further held that the writ petitioner	 namely	 the present appellant before us" is	 not left without any remedy to 867 agitate his claim that the	 tanks and wells claimed by him were constructed on occupied land and that they have been saved from vesting in the Government under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. It was held that if the writ petitioner was able to establish this plea	 the State Government will have no power or authority to take possession of such tanks and wells	 as the title thereto did not vest in it in view of section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act. It was further held that section 5 (c) has an over riding effect on section 4 of the Abolition article In this view this Court held that it was the duty of the High Court to have decided the jurisdictional fact as to whether the tanks and wells claimed by the present respon dent belonged to the Jagirdar within the meaning of section 5(c) of the Abolition Act and that	 if the High Court accepted the said contention	 the High Court was competent to issue a writ under article 226 of the Constitution directing the State to hand over possession of the said tanks and wells to the writ petitioner. Ultimately	 for all the reasons given in its judgment	 this Court set aside the decision of the High Court and remanded the proceedings for deciding afresh the claim made by the writ petitioner under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. Liberty was given to the parties to place before the High Court such further evidence	 oral and documentary	 as they may desire to give on the point at issue. The main judgment was given in Civil Appeal No. 1245 of 1967. For the same reasons given in the said judgment	 Civil Appeal 1244 of 1967 was also remanded in accordance with the directions given in Civil Appeal No. 1245 of 1967. The said decision of this Court is reported in State of Madhya Pradesh and others vs Sardar D. K. Jadhav(1). After remand	 when the matter was taken up by the High Court	 both the appellant and the respondent	 filed many documents and examined witnesses with particular reference to the claim regarding the wells and the tanks made by the respondent under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. The respondent laid his claim on the ground that the tanks and wells had been constructed on lands which were his Khud kasht lands as also on lands held on tenure by other persons. But ultimately his claim was on the basis that the wells and tanks were all on occupied land belonging to the Jagirdar or any other person	 as laid down under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. The State	 on the other hand	 denied the right of the respondent to claim any right in the said tanks and wells on the ground that they were not located on occupied land belonging to the Jagirdar	 but were situated on lands which were in the possession 	of tenants. Hence	 according to the State	 the said tanks and (1) ; 868 wells were not saved to the respondent under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act	 and that they have vested in the State	 as rightly held by the Revenue authorities. In short	 the contention of the State appears to have been that only those tanks and wells	 which are on occupied land belonging to the Jagirdar and in his possession as Khudkasht land alone are saved under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act. At this stage we may mention that though the respondent laid claim to certain wells also in addition to the tanks	 it is seen from the judgment of the High Court that during the stage of arguments	 it was represented on his behalf that three out of five wells were already in his possession and that no adjudication is necessary regarding those wells. Regarding the other two wells	 it is also seen that the respondent abandoned his claim before the High Court. Therefore	 the entire controversy	 which the High Court had to decide centred round the claim	 regarding the tanks	 made by the respondent under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act. Though various maters have been adverted to by the High Court in its judgment	 its material findings are as follows : That the four tanks_ as also the pick up weir are tanks within the meaning of the Abolition Act. The four tanks as also the pick up weir belonged to the respondent at the time of the resumption of Jagirs under the Abolition Act	 namely	 December 4	 1952; Section 5 (c) is clearly attracted it the right of ownership or possession of the tanks belonged either to the Jagirdar or to any other person as against the said right belonging to the community at large or the State. The fact that a part of the bed of the tanks may be in the occupation of tenants is of no consequence in holding in favour of the respondent under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act; The entire area of the tanks in the possession of the respondent must as his Khud Kasht land and also in the occupation of the tenants are both saved under section 5 (c) and do not vest in the State under section 4 of the Abolition Act. On these findings	 the High Court accepted the contention of the respondent and held that the tanks claimed by him are saved under section 5 (c) and they have not vested in the State under the Abolition Act. We may state at this stage that the High Court has not thought it necessary to consider the precise area of each one of the tanks as the tenants were not parties to the proceedings. Ultimately	 the High Court held that on resumption of Jagirs under the Abolition Act	 the four tanks and the pick up weir are saved to the respondent under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act	 subject to certain observations contained in the judgment. In consequence	 the High Court quashed the four orders of the Revenue authorities	 referred to	 in the judgment. 869 Though Mr. I.N.Shroff	 learned counsel for. the State	 has raised several contentions	 in our view	 most of them do not survive in view of the specific directions contained in the order of remand passed by this Court. The only two contentions that have been advanced by him and require to be considered are : (1) That the High Court has not complied with the directions given by this Court in its order of remand; and (2) The High Court has not found that the said tanks are situated on "occupied land" so as to be saved under section 5(c)of the Abolition Act. The counsel has	 no doubt	 pointed out certain other circumstances	 which	 	according to him	 constitute an infirmity in the judgment of the High Court. On the other hand	 Mr. V.	 section Desai	 learned counsel for the respondent	 has pointed out that the directions of this Court have been fully complied with and that after a very elaborate consideration of the materials placed before it by both the parties	 the High Court has recorded a finding that the tanks claimed by the respondent are on "occupied land" belonging to or held by the Jagirdar or any other person as required under section 5 (c) of the Abolition ' Act. The fact that the High Court has not considered is necessary to adjudicate upon the exact area of the tanks is of no consequence because that is a matter to be decided as between the Jagirdar and the other tenure holders	 if any. Once the requirement that the tanks are on occupied land and that they belong to the Jagirdar or to	any other person is satisfied they are saved under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. That was the only point that the High Court was	 directed to adjudicate upon and on. that aspect clear findings have been recorded by it. Before we deal with the contentions of the learned counsel on both sides	 it is necessary to refer the material provisions of the Abolition" Act. The expressions "Homestead" and "Occupied land" are defined in sub clauses (iv) and (ix) of section 2(1) and they are as follows: "2 In this Act unless the: context otherwise requires (iv)"Homestead" means a dwelling house together with any court yard	 compound or attached garden or bari and includes any out building used for agricultural purposes and any tank or well appertaining to the dwelling house. (ix) "Occupied land" means land held immediately the following tenures	 namely	 L36 SupCI/72 870 (a) Ex proprietary; (b) Pukhta Maurusi; (c) Mamuli Maurusi; (d) Gair Maurusi; and includes land held as Khud kasht and land comprised in a homestead;" Section 3 deals with resumption of Jagir lands by the Government. As we have already mentioned the date of resumption is December 4	 1952. Section 4 enumerates the various items which vest in the State	 unless the contrary has been provided in the Abolition Act. Section 5 saves	 from vesting certain items arid clause (c)	 which is material is as follows: "Section 5 : Private wells	 trees	 buildings	 house sites and enclosures. Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding section (c) all tanks	 trees	 private wells and buildings in or on occupied land belonging to or held by the Jagirdar or any other person shall continue to belong to or	 be held by such Jagirdar or other person. Regarding the first contention we are satisfied that the High Court has complied with the directions given by this Court in its remand order. The High Court was directed to decide the jurisdictional fact as to whether the tanks and wells claimed by the respondent belonged to the Jagirdar and were saved under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. Therefore	 the only investigation that had to be made by the High Court was on the point	 referred to above. In fact	 it is seen that the High Court has been very considerate when it allowed the appellant to raise various other questions	 such as	 the locus standi of the respondent	 to file the writ petition	 the question of non impleading of the tenants in possession of lands over which part of the tanks are situated and the undue delay in filing the writ petition. Further	 the High Court has allowed the appellant to raise the question that the respondent is estopped from seeking relief regarding the tanks under section 5(c) in view of the stand taken by him before the Revenue authorities in his application for award of compensation. These matters should not have been permitted to have been raised by the appellant. If these contentions were available to the appellant	 they should have been raised be fore this Court in the appeals	 referred to earlier. Any how the High Court has gone into those matters and held against the appellant. Therefore	 far from not complying with 871 the directions given by this Court	 it has even allowed the appellant to raise certain contentions which were. not available to it at the stage when the matter was being considered after remand. Therefore	 the first contention will have to be rejected straightaway. Regarding the second contention	 it is also clear from the judgment of the High Court that it has very elaborately considered the various aspects presented; to it	 both by the appellant as well as the respondent. After a consideration of the materials so placed before it and having due regard to the provisions of the Abolition Act	 the High Court	 as we	 have pointed out earlier	 has considered	 as directed by this Court	 the main question whether the tanks are saved under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. In that connection the High Court had naturally to consider the scope of the definition of "Occupied land" under section 2 (1) (ix) of the Abolition Act. It is after a consideration of all these aspects that the High Court has found that the four tanks belonged to the respondent at the time of resumption. and the said tanks were on occupied land belonging to the Jagirdar or any other person. Therefore	 it considered the question properly as per the remand order and has given a finding on the same. As to whether the said finding is correct or not	 is a different matter. But the criticism that it has not considered the point regarding the saving of the tanks under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act	 cannot be accepted. Now coming to the merits	 it is clear that as and from the date of resumption	 the consequences enumerated under section 4 will have full effect. Except as otherwise provided in the Abolition Act	 normally under cl. (a) of Section 4(1) the right	 title and interest of every Jagirdar and of every other person claiming through him in his Jagir lands including among other items	 tanks	 shall stand resumed to the State. The saving is provided under section 5. If the respondent is able to establish that the tanks in question are on occupied land belonging or hold by the Jagirdar or any other person	 then those tanks are saved in favour of the respondent under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act. It may be mentioned at this stage that though the items are	 all described as tanks	 it is in evidence that they get submerged at times and at other times portions of the same are being cultivated either by the respondent or by other s under certain tenures. That is	 parts of the tanks are included and held by the respondent as khud kasht and rest of it is held by the tenure holders	 who have got tenancy rights over them. As the other tenure holders	 namely	 the tenants	 were not parties before the High Court	 the question of the extent of the area of the tanks was not decided and it was left open. But the 872 entire extent of the tanks had been given by the respondent as 1679 bighas and 18 biswas of land and this claim was fully known to the Revenue authorities	 who raised the specific plea that the said tanks are not on occupied land. Therefore	 the circumstance that the High Court did not adjudicate upon the question of the extent of the tanks	 is of no consequence and it is not material for the point in dispute. In order to get the tanks in question saved under section 5 (c) of the Abolition Act	 the respondent will have to establish They were on occupied land; and (b) They belonged to or were held by the Jagirdar or any other person. We have already extracted the definition of "occupied land '. The essential ingredient of such land is that it must have been held immediately before the commencement of the Abolition Act under one or other of the four tenures mentioned in sub cls. (a) to (d). We have not been shown about the	 existence of any other type of tenure. The occupied land will also include as per the definition lands held by the Jagirdar as khud kasht as well as the land com prised in a homestead. Therefore	 occupied land comprises broadly of two types of lands: (1) four categories of land held under the tenures enumerated in sub clauses (a) to (d); and (2) comprised in khud kasht and "Homestead". To attracted cl. (c) of section 5	 the tank must be shown ' in the first instance	 to be on occupied land	 that is	 on land comprised under the tenures enumerated in sub clauses (a) to (d) or in the land held	 as khud kasht and homestead. In our opinion	 it is not necessary that the entire tank should be exclusively situated in one or other of the tenures enumerated in sub clauses (a)	 to (d) of s.2 (1) (ix) on exclusively in the land herd as khud kasht and land comprised ' in homestead. The requirement of the tanks in question being ;on occupied land	 will be satisfied even if	 part; of the: tanks is situated in one or other of the tenures mentioned in sub clauses (a) to (d) of cl. (ix) of section 2 (1 ) and the rest of it is included in	 the land held ;Is khud kasht and land comprised in a homestead. That is the entire area of the tank must be comprised in either the tennures of the khudkasht and homestead or in both. Therefore	 it is not. possible	 to: accept the contention advanced: on behalf if the appellant State that only those tanks '	 which are on khud kasht land of the Jagirdar are saved to him. ' Acceptance of such a contention will be ignoring the clear wording of cl (ix) of section 2(1)	 which takes in also lands held on the various tenures referred to therein. From this	 it follows that the mere fact that a part of the tanks is in the occupation of 'the tenants as ' tenure holders does not detract from operation of the saving cl.(c) of 'section 5. There is no controversy that at the material date the occupied lands on which 873 tanks are situated belonged to or were held by the Jagirdar or any other person. The expression "any other person" is comprehensive enough to take in the persons who were holding the land on one or other of the. tenures	 enumerated.in sub clauses (a) to (id) of section 2(1) (ix) of the Abolition Act. Whatever may be the extent of the tanks in the possession of the respondent	 as his khud kasht or homestead and in the possession of the tenure holders	 the position ultimately is	 that the entire extent of the tanks is in "occupied land" belonging to or held by the Jagirdar or any other person. The actual extent and the area held by the Jagirdar and the tenure holders can be worked out only in the presence of both those parties. To conclude	 we are satisfied that the High Court has appealed the correct test. to find out whether the. tanks are saved under section ) of the Abolition Act. We	 are also in agreement with the finding of the High Court that the four tanks and the pick up weir are saved to the respondent under section 5(c) of the Abolition Act. In the result	 the judgment and order of the High Court are confirmed and this	appeal dismissed with costs G. C. Appeal dismissed.

Under section 5(c) of the Madhya Bharat Abolition of Jagirs Act Samvat 2008 (Act 28 of 1951) all tanks	 trees etc. in or on 'occupied lands ' belonging to or held by the Jagirdar or any other person were excluded from vesting in the State by virtue of section 4. The respondent filed a writ petition in the High Court claiming that certain tanks built by himself and his predecessor in title were on 'occupied land ' and therefore came within the protection of section 5(c). The original order passed by the High Court in the writ petition was set aside	 by this Court and the High Court was directed to decide afresh the claim made by the writ petitioners under section 5(c) of the Act. After considering the evidence before it on this question the High Court held that the ' tanks in question were saved under section 5(c) and they had not vested in the State under the Abolition Act. In appeal by the State to this Court	 HELD: 'Occupied land ' as defined in section 2(1) (ix) of the Act comprises broadly two types of lands : (1) four categories of land held under the tenures enumerated in sub clauses (a) to (d); and (2) comprised in Khud Kasht and 'homestead '. To attract cl. (c) of section 5 the tank must be shown in the first instance to be on occupied land that is on land comprised under the tenures enumerated in sub clauses (a) to (d) or in the land held as Khud kasht and homestead. It is not necessary that the entire tank should be exclusively situated in the land held as khud kasht and land comprised in homestead. The requirement of "he tanks in question being an occupied land will be satisfied even if part of the tank is situated in one or the other of the tenures mentioned in sub clause		; (a) to (d) of cl. (ix) of section 2(1) and the rest or it is included in the land held as khud kasht and the land comprised in a homestead. That is	 the 	entire area of the tank must be comprised in either the tenures or the khud kasht or homestead or in both. Therefore it was not possible to accept the contention advanced on behalf of the appellant State that only those tanks which are on khud kasht land of the Jagirdar are saved to him. Acceptance of such a contention will be ignoring the clear working of cl. (ix) of section 2(1) which takes in also lands held on the various tenures referred to therein. [871 D G] Therefore in the present case the mere fact that a part of the tanks was in the occupation of the tenants as tenure holders did not detract from the operation of the saving cl. (c) of section 5. The expression 'any other person ' is comprehensive enough to take in the persons who were holding the land on one or the other of the tenures enumerated in subclauses (a) to (d) of section 2(1)(ix) of the Abolition Act. Whatever may be the extent of the tanks in the possession of the respondent	 as his khud kasht or homestead and in the possession of the tenure holders the position ultimately was that the entire extent of the tanks was in :occupied land ' belonging to or held by the Jagirdar or any other person. [872 H	873 B] 865 The judgment of the High Court must accordingly be upheld.