JUDGMENT

These appeals by special leave arise from the judgment of the High Court of Gujarat in F.A. Nos. 351 and 355/1972. The lands bearing survey Nos. 6 and 9 admeasuring 1 acre 5 gunthas and 1 acre 10 gunthas respectively situated in village Sahikpur Bogha, taluka city. Dist. Ahmedabad are the subject-matter in these appeals. The land is governed by the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952 which came into force w.e.f. June 20, 1953. By operation of S. 4 of the Act all personal inams shall be deemed to have been extinguished. Section 7 provides that all public roads...... waste lands and all uncultivated lands (excluding lands used for building or other non-agricultural proposes) which are situated within the limits of any inam village or inam land shall, except in so far as any rights of any person other than inamdar may be established in or over the same and except as may otherwise be provided by any law for the time being in force, vest in and shall be deemed to be, with all rights in all over the same or appertaining thereto, the property of the State Government and all rights held by an inamdar in such property shall be deemed to have been extinguished and it shall be l