Himanshu Dhar Singh vs State of U.P.

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2026 Supreme(All) 19

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
JASPREET SINGH
Himanshu Dhar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : D.C. Mukherjee, Amit Mukerjee, Ananttika Singh, Gopesh Tripathi, Sarvesh Kumar Dubey
For the Respondent: Alok Kumar Mishra

JUDGMENT :

JASPREET SINGH J.

1. By means of the instant writ petition, the petitioner assails the impugned judgment and order dated 27.06.1986, passed by the Prescribed Authority under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1960’ in short), which has been affirmed in Appeal by the Appellate Authority vide its judgment dated 11.06.1993.

2. Though, this is the first writ petition filed by the petitioner, however, the orders impugned herein, have been passed in the fourth round of litigation between the petitioner and the State Authorities.

3. In this view of the matter, it will be appropriate at this stage to briefly take a glance as to how the dispute between the parties have unfolded. For the sake of convenience, the Court has referred to the parties as they were originally impleaded at the time of filing of the writ petition.

4. With the advent of the Act of 1960, a notice was issued to the petitioner, namely, Himanshu Dhar Singh, under Section 10(2) of the Act of 1960 on 28.07.1962. The petitioner filed his objections to the said notice and the Prescribed Authority after considering the same discharged the notice under Section