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The petitioner, Ram Lakhan, filed a writ petition seeking correction of revenue records and a restraining order against the State of Uttar Pradesh concerning a 13,427.58 sq.m. parcel of land originally held by his predecessor Jagannath. The land was declared excess vacant under the Urban Land …
The petitioners sought a writ directing the State and other respondents to halt proceedings under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, to record the disputed 7,636.21 sq m land in their name, and to prevent interference with their possession. The land originally belonged to Moti Lal …
Petitioner Pyare Lal filed a writ petition seeking restoration of his name in the revenue records for a 12,901.65 sq m land in Madauka village, alleging that notices under Sections 8(3) and 10(5) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 were never served and that possession of the land …
The petitioners, heirs of a former bhumidhar named Jograj, sought a writ of mandamus to correct revenue entries and be recorded as bhumidars of several land parcels in Bareilly, alleging that the State had declared the land surplus under the U.P. Urban (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and taken …
The petitioners, heirs of Bhagwan Das, sought to have a parcel of land recorded in their names under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, after the original owner’s death in 1978. They contended that the ex‑parte proceedings and notices issued under Sections 8, 9 and 10 of the Act were …
The petitioner, Dilshad Hussain, challenged a 2009 order by the Saharanpur Collector that declared the land in dispute as belonging to the Saharanpur Development Authority, seeking to have the revenue entries corrected and his possession recognized. The land had been subject to proceedings under the …
The petitioners, heirs of the original landholder Sukh Dev, filed a writ petition seeking the removal of State entries in the revenue records and restoration of title to their names for three plots of land in Umarpur Neva. The land had been declared excess vacant land under the Urban Land (Ceiling …
The petitioner, Vinay Kumar Nishad, sought a writ directing the State and related authorities to abate the proceedings of a 1976 ceiling case concerning a 1,403.22 sq. m. plot in Prayagraj and to correct revenue records in his favour. The original ceiling return was filed by his parents, and while a …
The petitioners, Prem Najar Singh and others, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State of Uttar Pradesh to expunge the Urban Ceiling name from the revenue records of their one‑third share in several Arazi lands in Kanpur Nagar and to prevent their dispossession of the surplus …
The petitioners, Mansarovar Co‑op. Housing Society Ltd. and another, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking to quash a communication dated 25‑11‑2025 and to compel the issuance of an Occupation Certificate for a building of 3,878 sq.m. The State of Maharashtra contended that the society had …
The appellants were sub‑plot owners of a 9,303 sq m parcel in Surat that had been declared excess land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (ULC Act). The State issued a notice under s.10(5) of the ULC Act only to the original landowner, not to the appellants who were in actual …
The appellant, A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation, owned a large parcel of land in Hyderabad that was declared excess under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. The State issued a notice under section 10(5) on 5 January 2008, affixed it on 8 January, and after alleged non‑compliance …
The original landholder owned 7,499.20 sq m in Saharanpur, of which 5,499.20 sq m was declared surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 in 1977 and vested in the State through notifications in 1978‑79. The State claimed it had taken actual possession of the surplus land in …
The Supreme Court examined the meaning of “vacant land” under Section 2(q) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, focusing on sub‑clause (i) and the conflict between the earlier Johnson two‑judge decision and the later Billimoria three‑judge decision. The appellants argued that land …
The State of Orissa appealed a Division Bench of the Orissa High Court judgment that had set aside orders declaring 0.865-7 acres of land as excess vacant land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, on the ground that the Act had been repealed and compensation had not been paid. …
The State of Madhya Pradesh took possession of 16,000.32 square metres of land in Bhopal that had been declared surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, and allotted it to the Bhopal Development Authority for housing the poor. The heir of the original owner filed a civil suit …
The case concerned a joint family property in Ullal village that was declared excess land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. The appellant claimed to have purchased a portion of the land in 1994 from a family member and sought restoration of his name in the land records under …
The appellants, legal representatives of the original landowner, challenged the State's forcible possession of surplus land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, which was effected by a Possession Panchnama on 20 March 1986. After a series of applications, exemptions, and a …
Madhusudan Bhanuprasad Pandya, who operated a cement pipe manufacturing business on leasehold land in Ahmedabad, applied for exemption under Section 20 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. The State Government rejected the application, and the High Court dismissed his writ petition, …
The petitioners claimed ownership of land in Survey No. 129/45/D, Hyderabad, based on a 1961 compromise decree and a 1962 sale deed in favour of their mother. The State Government had recommended issuance of supplementary sethwars for this parcel. The land had been caught up in urban land ceiling …
The appellants, land‑holders of plots 36‑43 in Survey No. 71, challenged the State of Gujarat's claim that their land had vested in the State under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, on the basis of a handwritten corrigendum and a panchnama. The Supreme Court examined whether such a …
The appellant, the legal representative of the late S.N. Wadiyar, challenged the valuation of vacant land appurtenant to Bangalore Palace for wealth tax purposes. The Wealth Tax Officer had valued the land at market rates, ignoring the restrictions imposed by the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) …
The case concerned a dispute over 25 acres of land in Hyderabad that had been declared surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. Roudri Co‑operative Housing Society claimed purchase of the land, while hut‑dwellers (encroachers) occupied part of it. The State Human Rights …
The Supreme Court examined an appeal by the Diesel Loco Shed Employees & S.E. Railway Employees House Building Co‑op Society Ltd. challenging a High Court review that set aside orders declaring surplus land vested in the State and the allotment of 6 acres to the society. The Court held that the …
Gajanan Kamlya Patil, a landowner, was served a notice under Section 10(5) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 demanding surrender of possession of his land, with a threat of force if he failed to comply. The notice was issued after the Act had been repealed by the Urban Land …
The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed against a High Court order that allowed landowner Hari Ram to claim the benefit of the saving clause in the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999. The dispute centered on whether the "deemed vesting" of surplus vacant land under section 10(3) of the …
Vinayak Kashinath Shilkar filed a writ petition seeking declaration that proceedings under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 concerning his land in Thane were abated after the Repeal Act of 1999 was adopted in Maharashtra on 29‑11‑2007. He contended that, although the land had vested …
The original landholders, whose holdings exceeded the ceiling under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, were assessed as surplus and transferred a major portion of the land to Mayur Sahkari Awas Samiti in 1982. The Act deemed such surplus land vested in the State, but the authorities …
The appellant, Sulochana Chandrakant Galande, challenged the acquisition of her land by the State under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, arguing that the land was not within urban limits at the Act's commencement and that the later repeal of the Act should invalidate the …
The State of West Bengal appealed against a Calcutta High Court order that granted exemption under Section 20 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and confirmed the sale of a sick company's excess land to a third party, despite pending winding‑up proceedings under the Companies Act, …
The appellant, K. Narendra, entered into a 1972 agreement to sell a 4,000 sq m plot to Riviera Apartments (P) Ltd for Rs 8,97,740, contingent on the buyer obtaining various governmental sanctions for a multi‑storey project. The buyer failed to secure the required approvals, part of the land was …
