JUDGMENT - V.G. PALSHIKAR, J.:---By this petition, the petitioners have challenged the order passed by the Minister of State for Urban Development Shri Raj K. Purohit on several grounds including the ground of mala fides of the respondent No. 9 i.e. the concerned Minister.

2. The facts giving rise to the present petition necessary for adjudication are that one Dnyanoba Baban Mokate was owner of certain lands. After the Urban Land (Ceilings Regulations) Act, 1976 came into operation in the State of Maharashtra, proceedings were commenced for determining surplus urban land held by the holder Baban Mokate. The proceedings ultimately culminated in land Survey Nos. 54(5) and 54(7) which were declared as surplus under section 8(4) of the same Act. The application made by Baban Mokate under section 20 for exemption of his land from the provisions of the Ceiling Act was also rejected on 31-3-1977. The land therefore vested in the State of Maharashtra as provided by the Ceiling Act.

3. On 25-4-1984 Cabinet Sub-Committee resolved to allot the land to the petitioners under section 23 of the Ceiling Act. Accordingly the land was given in possession of the petitioner and the petitioner has th

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