Urban Land Ceiling Act

Lakshmi Sreenivasa Cooperative Building Society filed suits for specific performance of alleged sale agreements of land against Puvvada Rama (deceased) and others. The trial court dismissed the suits, finding the Society failed to prove execution of the agreements, payment of earnest money, and possession, noting the a…

Babu Lal purchased land from respondents 6‑9, which had earlier been agreed to be sold to respondents 1‑5. The latter sued for specific performance of their contract; the trial court dismissed, but the appellate courts decreed specific performance and ordered the sale deed to be executed in favour of the plaintiffs. Th…

The case concerned a long‑standing partition suit over the matruka property of the late Nawab Jung, in which Defendant No.1 (Hamid Ali Khan) sold his share of 68 acres 10 guntas to Bala Mallaiah on 23‑Nov‑1959. The sale was challenged on the grounds that it was made during the pendency of the partition suit, that the v…

The Supreme Court examined the validity of land allotted to "sub‑awardees" after the land had been acquired under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act. It held that once a notification under S.4 and possession under S.16 were effected, the original owner's title ceased and vested in the State, rendering any subsequent sa…

The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, in collaboration with HUDCO, sought to acquire 20.10 acres of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a housing project. Tulsi Cooperative Housing Society, claiming a purchase contract with the owners, obtained an exemption under the Urban Land Ceiling Act, which was later wit…

The Trust, a charitable public trust, acquired land and built a housing block (A‑1) of 1009.70 sq meters for weaker sections. Flat purchasers (original plaintiffs) sued for a conveyance of the land underlying the building, claiming entitlement to the entire plot. The trial court decreed that the Trust must convey only …

The State of Rajasthan acquired 31.28 acres of land for defence purposes, publishing a Section 4(1) notification in the Gazette on 23 March 1977 and taking possession on 19 May 1977. The High Court quashed the notification and the Section 6 declaration, holding that the notice failed to specify whether the land was was…

The case concerned a cooperative housing society formed for Scheduled Caste members, whose bye‑laws required 80% Dalit and 20% non‑Dalit membership. The Government allotted two acres of land to the society for constructing houses for Dalits. The society fell short of the required 90 Dalit members and, after inviting ap…

The Kaushik Cooperative Building Society claimed ownership of land in Survey No.129/68 Paiki based on a 1976 decree in a specific‑performance suit (CCCA No.14 of 1972). Subsequent land‑grabbing suits (LGC Nos.46/1989, 29/1992, 15/1996) were dismissed, confirming the same title. Later, a new land‑grabbing case (LGC No.4…

The appellant, a bona‑fide purchaser of agricultural land in Raidurg, relied on a chain of title tracing back to the original estate holder. A suit filed in 1958 resulted in a preliminary decree that excluded certain items (including the appellant's land) from distribution because they were under revenue enquiry. After…

The Vasavi Co‑op Housing Society sued several defendants for a declaration of title and possession of 6 acres 30 guntas of land, relying on sale deeds, a 1353 Fasli settlement register and a 1939 family settlement deed. The defendants counter‑claimed title based on entries in the General Land Register (GLR) of the Secu…

The plaintiffs filed a suit for specific performance of a sale agreement and were ordered by the High Court to amend the plaint to implead the purchaser, Kabari Pvt. Ltd. Although the amendment was allowed in 1982, the plaintiffs failed to act on it for about ten years despite being aware of their own laches and the ne…