Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Act, 1972

The State appealed against the order that excluded a parcel of land from surplus land on the basis of a will executed in 1978. The respondents claimed a one‑fourth share in the surplus land, arguing that the will of Smt. Gajraji bequeathing the share to her nephew should exempt the land from ceiling provisions. The iss…

The appellant, the legal heirs of the late Nawab of Rampur, claimed that 1,073 acres of agricultural land listed as his private property in the 1949 Merger Agreement and subsequent letters were exempt from the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act. The State's Prescribed Authority issued a notice tha…

The respondents claimed that a 1967 family settlement had demarcated separate shares of land among family members, so the land could not be treated as the holding of a single tenure‑holder for purposes of the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The Prescribed Authority ignored the settlement…

The appellants, legal heirs of a tenure‑holder, challenged an order dated 13‑Jan‑1975 that declared 51.29 acres of their land surplus under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. An appeal against that order was filed and later dismissed, but the appellants argued that the appeal had abated…