STATE OF U.P versus NAND KUMAR AGGARWAL AND ORS.

STATE OF U.P versus NAND KUMAR AGGARWAL AND ORS.

Exemption from urban land ceiling depends on the main actual use of land on the appointed day. Since the land in question was mainly used for brick kiln business, not for agricultural purposes, it cannot be exempted regardless of entries in revenue records or master plan specification.

Parties
Appellant: State of U.P.; Respondents: Nandkumar Aggarwal and Others
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
19 November 1997
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Decision on Appeal Against High Court Judgment
Outcome
appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Exemption From Urban Land Ceiling, Status of Land as Agricultural or Urban, Interpretation of Urban Land (ceiling & Regulations) Act Definitions

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Parties

State of U.P.

Appellant

Nandkumar Aggarwal and Others

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Decision on Appeal Against High Court Judgment

  1. 1 Whether land used mainly for brick kiln business but entered as agricultural in revenue records and shown as agricultural in master plan is exempt from urban land ceiling under Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulations) Act, 1976

Ratio Decidendi

Exemption from urban land ceiling depends on the main actual use of land on the appointed day. Since the land in question was mainly used for brick kiln business, not for agricultural purposes, it cannot be exempted regardless of entries in revenue records or master plan specification.

Court Disposition

appeal allowed

Orders

  • Impugned judgment of the High Court set aside.
  • Decisions of Competent Authority and District Judge restored to the extent that land in village Para is not exempt from the Act.