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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
ANIRUDDHA P.MAYEE
State of Gujarat – Appellant
Versus
Jivubha Ghelubha Zala Since Deceased Thro'heirs – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE, J.
1. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioner impugns the judgment and order dated 16.04.1990 passed by the learned Gujarat Revenue Tribunal in Revision Application No. TEN. B. A. 490/89.
2. The factual matrix in the present case is that the respondents herein were holding the agricultural lands to the extent of 237 Acres 35 Gunthas situated at Village Didhadia, Taluka Halvad, District Surendranagar. The proceedings under the GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL LANDS CEILING ACT , 1960 came to be initiated in case of the respondents herein by the learned Mamlatdar & ALT (Ceiling), Halvad in Case No.368/76-77. After giving due hearing to the respondents, vide order dated 10.07.1985, the learned Mamlatdar & ALT (Ceiling), Halvad, concluded that the total holding of the respondents was 237 Acres 35 Gunthas and that they were entitled to retain four units, i.e. one for Jivubha Ghelubha Zala himself, one each for his two major sons Janaksinh and Ajitsinh and one unit for his widow mother Majirajba. It was held that thus, the total permissible land, which could be retained by the respondents, was 216 Acres and 21 Acres 35 Gunthas was liable to be declared as surplus ag
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