Appeals from executive orders
Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 deals with appeals from executive orders. Any person aggrieved by any order described in the third column of Schedule V may appeal to the appellate authority specified in that behalf in the fourth column of the said Schedule. The Act came into force on 18 Dec 2006.
(1) Any person aggrieved by any order described in the third column of Schedule V may appeal to the appellate authority specified in that behalf in the fourth column of the said Schedule.
(2) The Central Government may, for the purposes of expeditious disposal of the pending appeals, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend Schedule V so as to designate additional appellate authority in the fourth column of the said Schedule.
(3) No such appeal shall be admitted if it is made after the expiry of the period specified in that behalf in the fifth column of the said Schedule.
(4) The period specified as aforesaid shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), with respect to the computation of periods of limitation thereunder.
Section 340, The Cantonments Act, 2006 (Act 41 of 2006).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Secunderabad Cantonment Board v. Narinder Kumar Dhingra
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
s.248(1) notice to remove unauthorised construction is the executive gateway; appeal/suspension consequences are governed by ss.340–342. SC partly allowed Board appeals while clarifying appeal-admission precondition for stay. DATE-VERIFIED Final Order 10.04.2017 (order-25.pdf signed body).
On this section: s.340 appeal must be admitted by appellate order before suspension-of-action consequences follow.
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Judgments citing this section
These may be obiter dicta or a precedent, for you to study. These are the judgments where this section is quoted.
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… JUDGMENT Hon'ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) The challenge in this petition is made to the order dated 23.04.2025, passed in Appeal No.11 of 2024, Shri Surendra Singh Rawat and another vs. Cantonment Board Dehradun and another, under Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 ("the Act"), by the Lieutenant General, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, Appellate Authority; challenge is also made to the demolition order and other orders, passed in this regard. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. On the last …
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… There is no bar to the petitioner in raising legal questions or any factual questions, before the Statutory Appellate Authority. 17. Accordingly, the following directions are issued: i. The petitioner shall file an appeal before the appropriate Authority in terms of Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, 2006, within a period of thirty days, from today. ii. Upon the petitioner filing the appeal before the Appropriate Authority within a period of thirty days from today, the issue of limitation, shall not come in the way of the petitioner and the appeal of the petitioner herein, shall be …
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… Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Advocate, on instructions, submits that the respondent has granted the petitioner ten days' time from today to challenge the resolution dated 19.10.2024 before the Appellate Authority under Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, 2006, for which, the respondent will provide a copy of the resolution dated 19.10.2024 to the petitioner within 24 hours from today, and, therefore, the respondent shall not demolish the construction of the petitioner within ten days' from today. 6. Mr. Piyush Garg, Advocate completely …
Made under this section, and citing it
1 instrument names this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 340
What have the courts held on Section 340 of the Cantonments Act?
Secunderabad Cantonment Board v. Narinder Kumar Dhingra (10 Apr 2017) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.340 appeal must be admitted by appellate order before suspension-of-action consequences follow.
How do I find court cases under Section 340 of the Cantonments Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Cantonments Act 2006 340, section 340 Cantonments Act 2006, section 340 of the Cantonments Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Secunderabad Cantonment Board v. Narinder Kumar Dhingra (10 Apr 2017).
What should I read with Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, and has it changed?
3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Cantonments (Form of Annual inspection Report) Rules, 2017 (2017).
When did Section 340 of the Cantonments Act come into force?
Section 340 of the Cantonments Act, cited as Cantonments Act 2006 340, came into force on 18 Dec 2006, having been enacted on 13 Sep 2006. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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