( 1 ) THE Urban Lard (Ceiling and regulation) Act 1976 No. 33 of 1976 (hereinafter called the Act was enacted to provide for the imposition of a ceiling on vacant land in urban agglomerations for the acquisition of such land in excess of the ceiling limit for regulating the construction of buildings on such land and for matters connected therewith with a view to preventing the concentration of Urban land in the hands of a few persons and speculation and profiteering therein and to bring about on equitable distribution of land in urban agglomerations to subserve the common good. It was made applicable to the State of Gujarat and came into force at once. The definition of the various terms and expression used in the Act are found in Sec. 2 of the Act. Section 3 mandates that no person shall be entitled to hold and vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit in the territories to which the Act applies on and from the commencement of the Act unless otherwise provided. The expression ceiling limit means the ceiling limit specified in Sec. 4. Section 4 read with Schedule indicates for every person the ceiling limit in an urban agglomeration depending on the category of the