Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901

The respondents, appointed as Kurk Amins on commission basis by District Magistrates/Collectors of Uttar Pradesh, were tasked with recovering outstanding dues of cooperative societies. The State of Uttar Pradesh contended that such Kurk Amins, being appointed under a scheme of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, we…

Maharaji Educational Trust, U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad and HUDCO appealed against a Lucknow High Court order that directed the Parishad to demarcate 42.45 acres of mortgaged land and to declare 21 acres as unencumbered, based on a sale agreement with SGS Construction. The Supreme Court held that the High Court lacke…

The Pradeshiya Industrial & Investment Corp. of U.P. (PICUP) advanced a loan to Shefali Papers Ltd., secured by mortgage and guarantee bonds executed by Kailash Nath Agrawal and others. After the company was declared sick under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA), PICUP issued demand not…

The appellants challenged the acquisition of about 496 acres of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, claiming the land was "abadi" and therefore exempt under Uttar Pradesh's policy not to acquire village settlements. The Supreme Court in Om Prakash v. State of U.P. directed that the parties make representations u…

The appellant, Chandrika Prasad, claimed adhivasi rights over two agricultural plots on the basis that his father, Ram Harakh, was a sub‑tenant of a mortgagee and thus entitled to protection under Section 20 of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950. The respondents, who had purchased the lands …

The State of Uttar Pradesh challenged a High Court order that had interfered with the executive's decision to create a new district, Baghpat, under a notification issued pursuant to Section 11 of the Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901 and Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1908. The High Court had d…

The appellant Suvej Singh challenged a High Court order that had set aside earlier revenue authority decisions and remanded the matter for fresh consideration of a map correction application filed by the private respondents after a 17‑year gap. The private respondents had previously sought correction of the revenue map…

The appellant, Seva Lal, obtained a mutation order from the Naib Tehsildar, which the respondents challenged under Section 210 of the Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901. The Sub‑Divisional Officer remanded the matter, leading the appellant to file a revision under Section 218 before the Additional Commissioner, which…