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PIYUSH AGRAWAL
Sarla Devi – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the petitioner's land surplus case. (Para 2) |
| 2. petitioners' challenges against surplus declarations. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. respondents assert legal validity of surplus declarations. (Para 6) |
| 4. court reviews procedural history and relevance of prior rulings. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 5. fresh proceedings after 22 years deemed legally unjustified. (Para 9) |
| 6. legal precedent emphasized on timeliness for land redetermination. (Para 10) |
JUDGMENT
Piyush Agrawal, J.
Heard Shri Arpit Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned ACSC for the State - respondents.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed against the order dated 29.05.2007 passed by the respondent no. 3 and the order dated 16.12.2004 passed by the respondent no. 2 declaring the land of the petitioners as surplus.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a notice under section 10(2) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as, 'the Act') was issued in the year 1974. The Prescribed Authority had initially decided the ceiling case vide order dated 10.11.1974, against which the appeal was decided on 30.12.1974 and the matter was again sent before the
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