Land allotted by the government in another’s name — who is its owner

Question

Question: About 15 years ago the Rajasthan government ran a scheme to allot land free of charge to farmers who had no cultivable land. Zayd was at that time the head of his village council. Zayd already had enough land for cultivation, so he could not obtain land under this scheme. With the aim of obtaining land, Zayd, instead of in his own name, submitted an application in the name of his younger brother ‘Umar, who previously had no cultivable land and could legally take land under the scheme; he had 15 bighas (a…

Answer

(1) This method is wrong. (2) The (land) that was allotted in ‘Umar’s name — ‘Umar alone is its owner. (3) He kept cultivating it and taking the income in a wrong manner. (4) Zayd should hand the land over to ‘Umar.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.