Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973

The petitioners, owners of agricultural land, had sold portions of their holdings under agreements of sale and had delivered possession to the purchasers in part performance, but no conveyance deed was executed. The issue was whether such land could be excluded from the owners' "holding" under Section 3(i) of the Andhr…

The State of Andhra Pradesh appealed against the High Court’s order that five respondents, who were the sons of a late protected tenant, were the absolute owners of 123 acres of agricultural land and could not be declared surplus under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. The Su…

The respondent, T. Suryachandra Rao, submitted a declaration under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, surrendered land deemed excess, and the surrender was accepted by the authorities. It later emerged that the surrendered land had already been acquired by the State under the …

The respondents sold 220.25 acres of agricultural land in December 1971 through fourteen sale deeds. The State of Andhra Pradesh contended that the transfers were made to evade the ceiling provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling) on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973, and should be disregarded for ceiling c…

The petitioner, a major son, owned agricultural land exceeding the ceiling limit under the A.P. Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, while his mother’s family unit held land below the ceiling. He claimed that his excess could be set off against his mother’s deficiency pursuant to Section 4A of the…

The Supreme Court examined several Special Leave Petitions challenging the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. The petitioners argued that a separated minor son should not be treated as a member of the family unit, that land transferred by such sons before the Act should not be cou…

The father of the appellants filed declarations under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, which resulted in the family being allotted one standard holding and the excess land being declared surplus. After the father's death, the daughters invoked Section 29‑A of the Hindu Succe…

The State of Andhra Pradesh sought to enforce surrender of excess agricultural land by a declarant under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. The declarant surrendered 11.07 guntas, but a third‑party claimant asserted that the land had been sold to him in 1971 and that he had be…

The appellants, members of the Reddi caste, filed land‑holding declarations under Section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. Appellant 2 claimed that his illatom son‑in‑law, Appellant 1, who had attained majority, was entitled to a half‑share in his property and therefore…

The petitioner, a daughter of a landholder who filed a declaration under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, was a minor on the reference date of 1 January 1975 and was part of her father's family unit. Excess land in the father's holdings was identified and he was required to …

The case concerned 300 acres of land mortgaged to State Bank of India (SBI) which, after the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 came into force, was declared half of it surplus and surrendered to the Government. SBI sought to recover its mortgage money by selling the surplus land, …

The State of Andhra Pradesh sued Korukondasuryanarayana Chowdhary alleging that lands he had sold were to be counted towards his agricultural‑holding ceiling under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. Chowdhary submitted an affidavit stating that the sale dated 16 October 1971 w…

The plaintiff, a holder of agricultural land exceeding the ceiling prescribed under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, sold the land to the respondents on 16 July 1975, after the Act had come into force. The Land Ceiling Tribunal in 1976 declared the sale void and the land dee…

The appellants, Vemareddy Kumaraswamy Reddy and another, had surrendered surplus agricultural land that contained fruit‑bearing cashew trees. The dispute centered on the amount payable for those trees under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, specifically the seignorage rates n…

The respondents entered into an agreement to sell 294 acres of land to a sugar company and handed over possession. The company later declared the land as surplus under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, and surrendered it. The Primary Land Tribunal held that the respondents we…

The plaintiffs, heirs of the late Raja Shivraj Dharmavanth Bahadur, filed a suit to correct the revenue record and have their names entered as owners of Survey No.613 (373.22 guntas) in Nadergul village. The State argued that the land was Jagir land that had vested in the Government under the Hyderabad (Abolition of Ja…

The appellant, a vendor, entered into an agreement to sell land to the respondent, the vendee, on 30‑12‑1985, with part payment of Rs.55,000 and the balance to be paid within three months, subject to the vendor measuring the land and delivering the original sale deed and land‑ceiling clearance documents. The vendee pai…

The appellants challenged the validity of the State's allocation of land in Survey No. 83 under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, arguing that the land was agricultural and that the earlier High Court judgments declaring the proceedings void should stand. The Supreme Court examined whether the doctrine…

The Supreme Court heard appeals arising from a single‑bench order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that dismissed the State's revision petition and allowed the respondents' revision petition, thereby restoring an earlier revenue order concerning tenancy rights over 190 acres in Gachibowli Village. Both parties conteste…

The case concerned several Government Orders (G.O.s) relating to the lease of surplus agricultural lands in Andhra Pradesh for mining galaxy granite. The appellants argued that G.O. No.1290, which earmarked land for mining leases to private firms, created a vested right that could not be withdrawn, and that the State's…

The dispute concerned 53 acres of land in Survey No.83/2, claimed by the original owners (appellants) and by M/s Visweswara Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. (respondents) who relied on sale agreements dated 19 March 1982 that were never registered. The appellants argued that the unregistered agreements could not convey title an…

The respondent, a holder of agricultural land under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, and his wife sold four parcels of land within a 15‑day period between 24‑Jan‑1971 and before the notified date. One sale was to the respondent’s father and three to others, with installment …

The respondent, Mohd. Ashrafuddin, owned agricultural land in Andhra Pradesh and transferred portions of it to others under unregistered sale deeds and a gift deed, but omitted these transfers in his declaration under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. The Land Reforms Tribuna…

The respondent, Vallurivan Raju, filed a declaration under Section 8(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973. The Land Reforms Officer held that his holding exceeded the statutory ceiling of 1.3590 acres. The High Court, on revision, allowed the exclusion of only 3 acres 5 cen…