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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 8003 of 2002

PETITIONER:

Bhavnagar University

RESPONDENT:

Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/12/2002

BENCH:

CJI, K. G. Balakrishnan & S.B. Sinha.

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

WITH

Civil Appeal Nos.1539, 1540, 1541 of 2001 and

Civil Appeal Nos. 8004-8012 2002

[Arising out of SLP (C) Nos.1636-1644 of 2001]

S.B. SINHA, J :

Leave granted in special leave petitions.

This batch of appeals arising out of common Judgment and Order of the

Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad in SCA Nos. 10108/94, 4427/92, 4733/92,

4847/92, 3537/95, 8882/99, 8888/99, 6461/96 and 6519/98 involving the question

as regard to interpretation of Sections 20 and 21 of the Gujarat Town Planning and

Urban Development Act, 1976 (for brevity, hereinafter referred to as the ’Said Act’),

were taken up for hearing together and are being disposed of by this common

judgment.

The basic fact of the matter is not in dispute.

The State of Gujarat in exercise of its power conferred upon it under Section

20 of the said Act reserved certain areas of which the re