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The petitioners challenged the State of Uttar Pradesh’s appeal under Section 13 of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, which was filed after a five‑year lapse and without the required affidavit. After a 12‑year delay, the State finally filed an affidavit seeking condonation of …
Petitioners filed a writ petition under Section 10(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, seeking an expeditious decision in the pending criminal case State vs. Mammu alias Ramdevi (Case No. 513 of 1976-77). The petition argued that undue delay in adjudicating the …
The respondents filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging orders issued under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The Allahabad High Court allowed the petition in a summary, cryptic order, relying on a 1986 order of the Prescribed Authority that pertained only to …
The Supreme Court examined the land‑holding of Escorts Farms Ltd., which occupied land released by the Uttar Pradesh government to the former ruler of Kashipur under a Government Grant and later became subject to the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act. The State initiated …
Wali Mohammed, a Muslim landowner, executed a Will bequeathing 25.32 acres to the appellants and died leaving a son, Gulam Mohammed, and a daughter, Moti Begum. The Tehsildar, after public notice and examination of witnesses, held the Will genuine and ordered mutation of the bequeathed land in the …
The appellant, a family waqf (Waqf Alai Aulad) created before May 1, 1959, sought exemption from land‑ceiling provisions on the ground that its income was used for charitable and religious purposes as well as for the welfare of the settler’s family. The claim was made under clause (f) of Section …
The State of Uttar Pradesh challenged a decision that excluded lands covered by agreements to sell, but not yet transferred by sale deed, from the holding of a tenure‑holder for purposes of the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The tenure‑holder argued that having …
The appellant, Ram Singh, had cut down trees that existed on his land as of 24 January 1971 and replanted new trees. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the newly planted trees could be classified as "grove land" under Section 23(8) of the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land …
The appellant, Prem Ballabh Belwal, was a tenure‑holder of 182 acres of bhumiswami land under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. His wife, Basanti Devi, held 24 acres as an Asami (occupancy) right. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the wife's land, held only …
The third respondent, a tenure‑holder of agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh, transferred 64 bighas each to the appellants in 1974. The prescribed authority declared those transfers void under Section 5(8) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, and ordered the surplus land to …
Sant Singh appealed against a notice issued under Section 5 of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, contending that a sale of 10 acres 33 cents to his minor daughter before the appointed day (24 January 1971) and a transfer of 13.47 acres to a private temple after that date …
The Supreme Court examined two appeals filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh and aggrieved persons challenging the ceiling area determined under Section 10 of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The appeals arose while proceedings to determine surplus land were pending. Before …
The appellant, Dilawar Singh (deceased) through his legal representatives, filed a return under Section 10(2) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, claiming that he had gifted several parcels of land to his grand‑nephew. The Prescribed Authority and the lower appellate court …
The appellants purchased 75.51 acres of land belonging to Jagdish Chander in an auction sale ordered by a civil court in 1975 to satisfy money suits. The land was later declared surplus under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, and the prescribed authority refused to …
The appellant, Raghubar Dayal (deceased), was granted parcels of land in 1956 under the Government Grants Act, 1895 for personal cultivation, subject to lease‑like covenants. In 1974 the prescribed authority, invoking the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, issued a notice …
The appellants, Jeet Singh (who had two wives) and his first wife Mayawati, challenged the inclusion of two plots transferred to Mayawati in Jeet Singh's land holding under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, arguing that Mayawati was a "judicially separated" wife and …
The appellants, Darshan Prashad and his wife Smt. Saraswati Devi, challenged a notice issued under Section 10(2) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (as amended by Act No.20 of 1976) that sought particulars of land held by them and their family. They argued that the wife, …
The appellants sought substitution of the deceased sole appellant's legal representatives, setting aside of abatement, and condonation of delay in a ceiling appeal under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The Additional District Judge dismissed the application, and the High …
