Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976

The petitioners challenged the Karnataka State Government's orders permitting a partnership firm to sell excess vacant land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, alleging that the State lacked authority to grant such exemption and that the sale deed was void. The Supreme Court examined the scheme of th…

The defendants, owners of excess land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, entered into a sale agreement with the plaintiffs that was expressly conditioned on obtaining a statutory sanction. The competent authority refused the sanction, stating that no 1,000 sq. metres of vacant land were available fo…

The appellant, D.K. Soni, a tenant, challenged an order allowing the landlord, P.K. Mukerjee, to evict him on the ground of personal need under the U.P. Temporary Control of Rent and Eviction Act. The landlord obtained a final permission for eviction before the 1972 Urban Buildings Act came into force, and later execut…

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was allotted land declared excess under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 after the State vested the land in it and the corporation paid the occupancy price. The land owners had earlier filed a statement under Section 6, received a final order under Section 8 and a not…

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 later declared excess un…

The Union of India leased a parcel of land at 20 Barakhamba Road to various lessees who later sought to convert its use from residential to commercial. The lessees sent several letters enquiring about charges, but only on 27 February 1981 did they file a proper application in the prescribed form signed by all co‑lessee…

The appellants, Somnath Chakraborty and others, owned 11.659 cottah of land that was later notified as surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976. The State of West Bengal leased the land to Appollo Gleneagles Hospitals Ltd. for 30 years. The appellants challenged the notification, and the Calcutta H…

The State of Uttar Pradesh filed a suit under Section 6 of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 seeking a declaration that the respondent, Ram Het, held vacant urban land in excess of the prescribed ceiling. The competent authority found an excess of 1,146.0430 sq m and the matter was appealed before the Dis…

The Supreme Court had earlier directed the State Government to set up a committee, including an Additional District Judge, to monitor the allotment of houses to weaker sections under a scheme exempted under section 21 of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976. The State filed an affidavit seeking to modify thi…

Mukkarram Ali Khan appealed against an order of the appellate authority under the Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act, 1976, contending that the issues had already been decided by a prior order. The High Court refused to interfere, holding that the point was not raised before it. The appellant submitted an affidavit show…

The State of Uttar Pradesh challenged the refusal of a competent authority to permit L.J. Johnson to sell a portion of his 2,530 sq m parcel, which included a small building, on the ground that the total area exceeded the 2,000 sq m ceiling for Category D urban land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976…

The appellant, Nandkishore Lalbhai Mehta, entered into a sale agreement with the respondents for a plot in Mahim, subject to obtaining consent from the Mill Mazdoor Sabha (labour union) and various statutory permissions. The union refused consent, and the respondents declared the agreement cancelled and offered to retu…

The Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959 authorized the acquisition of land in Jaipur for a public development scheme. A notice under s.52(2) was served on the respondents at their Calcutta office, and the land was later vested in the State of Rajasthan by a notification under s.52(1). The respondents filed a writ pet…

The appellants, owners of agricultural land, entered into an agreement in 1980 for a cooperative housing project that later failed, leading the respondent Maruti Corp. to sue for specific performance in 1999. While the Gujarat High Court admitted the appeal and initially ordered that any dealing with the property would…

The Indore Development Authority (IDA) prepared Scheme No. 97 under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 and published the final scheme on 8 June 1984. Within three years it negotiated with landowners, failed, and then sought acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, leading to…

The appellants, R.K. Tandon and others, held lease‑hold rights over 22,528 sq. yd of land in Allahabad that was acquired by the State under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation of Rs 4,57,750.88; the reference court fixed Rs 500 per sq. yd for land, Rs 50,000 for trees and R…

The petitioners, owners of land in Sholapur, challenged the acquisition of their land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, arguing that the Act should not apply to land reserved for public purpose under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 and that sections 10, 11 and 23 of the Act vio…