Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972

The appellant, Lacchman Singh, was declared by the Collector under the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 to have a surplus of 108.3 bighas. He did not object to the draft statement and the order was confirmed on 14 July 1975. After being detained under MISA, he challenged the order in a writ petition …

The case concerned the interpretation of the Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972, specifically the calculation of permissible area for a family consisting of a husband, wife, an adult son and three minor children. The predecessor-in-interest, Dev Raj, held 2400 kanals of land and was served with a notic…

The case concerned whether the heirs of a former jagirdar could claim compensation under the Land Acquisition Act for land that had already vested in the State of Himachal Pradesh under the 1953 Abolition Act and for which compensation had been paid under both the Abolition Act and the 1972 Ceiling Act. The Supreme Cou…

The Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972, led the Collector to declare 9,000 bighas of land belonging to the heirs of Raja Lakshman Singh as surplus in 1976. The State appealed the Collector’s order but withdrew the appeal in March 1976, rendering the Collector’s order final. In 1991, the Financial Commi…

The appellant, the second son of the former Raja of Bushahr, claimed ownership of about 1,720 acres of forest land based on a 1942 patta and subsequent grants by his father, the Raja. The State argued that the 1942 lease of the forests to the Punjab Government divested the Raja of any right to grant those lands and tha…

The Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 exempts tea estates from its provisions. Under Section 26 the State Government framed rules in 1973, and in 1986 added a proviso to Rule 3 prohibiting transfer of land subservient to tea plantations without government permission. A 1990 circular further directed r…