Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973

The appellants' residential buildings in Prayagraj were demolished by the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) under Section 27 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973. The PDA issued a show‑cause notice on 18 December 2020 but merely affixed it without making genuine attempts at personal service…

The Moradabad Development Authority (MDA) appealed a High Court order that directed it to return surplus land to respondents Saurabh Jain and others and to pay compensation. The land had been declared surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 in 1977, but a 1998 revision by the State Government he…

The Supreme Court heard a batch of appeals filed by the Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority, other development authorities and the State of Uttar Pradesh against several writ petitions that challenged demand notices for various fees levied by the authorities under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Ac…

Four former employees of U.P. Jal Nigam were deputed to the Ghaziabad Development Authority. The State offered them permanent absorption into the Development Authority Centralised Service on the condition that their past service in Jal Nigam would not be counted for seniority and that they would rank below officers app…

The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) acquired 168.592 hectares of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the Sitapur City Extension Scheme. Gopal Das sought restoration of 1.2 hectares of the acquired land under Section 17 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973, and was directed to pay …

The Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad issued a notification under Section 28 of the 1965 Adhiniyam on 7 June 1982 and later obtained Government approval on 24 August 1982, followed by a declaration under Section 32 on 28 February 1987. Friends Cooperative Housing Society filed a writ petition contending that the n…

A public‑interest writ petition was filed in the Allahabad High Court alleging that the Company Bagh, a public park, had been converted into a lease‑hold property with illegal constructions in violation of the Uttar Pradesh Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act, 1975 and the Uttar Pradesh…

The State of Uttar Pradesh appealed against a High Court order that exempted a parcel of land in village Para, Lucknow, from the ceiling provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulations) Act, 1976 on the ground that it was agricultural land. The land was entered as agricultural in revenue records and shown as such i…

The Supreme Court examined whether the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), as the lessor in a 90‑year lease of land for a residential project, could be treated as a financial creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Court held that the lease does not qualify as a financial lease unde…

The Meerut Development Authority (MDA) invited tenders for two parcels of land to be used for educational purposes, fixing a reserved price of Rs.690 per sq.m for 20,000 sq.m and Rs.500 per sq.m for 37,000 sq.m. The Association of Management Studies (AMS) bid below the reserved price for the 20,000‑sq.m plot and later …

The lessees of a Nazool lease applied to the Lucknow Development Authority for permission to construct a multi‑storeyed building, which was granted on 31 January 1985. The State Government later issued directions alleging violations of lease conditions and, after a show‑cause notice, cancelled the lease and the buildin…

Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) advertised several schemes for allotment of developed plots, collected deposits from allottees, and then failed to deliver possession within a reasonable time. The aggrieved allottees obtained orders from the MRTP Commission, Consumer Forum and High Court directing refund of their …

Two cooperative housing societies, Sarvpriya Sahakari Avas Samiti Ltd. (registered 1981) and Shivalik Sahakari Avas Samiti Ltd. (registered 1982), purchased land that was later declared an industrial development area under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976, forming part of NOIDA. They sought alter…

The State of Uttar Pradesh sought to acquire land for a market yard under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, issuing a Section 4 notification and a Section 6 declaration on the same day after the 1984 amendment. The landowners challenged the simultaneous issuance, arguing that the amendment to Section 17(4) required the d…

The Supreme Court examined the cancellation of leases and allotments of commercial plots in Noida granted to hotel developers under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 and the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976. It held that a lease governed by a statute can be cancelled only if …