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Jan 21 1992 (HC)

Col. Denzyl Winston Ferries Vs. Abdul Jaleel and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1992AP246; 1992(2)ALT144

..... long after the agreements were executed the gujarat vacant lands in urban areas (prohibition of alienation) act 1972, came into force and subsequently that act ceased to apply and urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, (act 33 of 1976) came into force. ..... the court dealt with issues 3 and 5 which are interrelated and came to the conclusion that as the suit land is agricultural land and as there is no prohibition for alienating the same as agricultural land, the transaction is not hit by the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 and that the contract in favour of the plaintiff is enforceable in law. ..... in such a situation, the court, tracing the history of the transaction from 1946, observed in paragraph 14 that the act came into force subsequent to the passing of the decree by the high court and the question for consideration is what is the effect of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, on the decree passed by the high court. ..... a-l agreement in the light of the provi-sions of the act, it is quite clear that the agreement is against the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, and there is a total prohibition for selling the land which is in excess of the ceiling limit. .....

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Sep 30 2008 (HC)

Mrs. Tahera Yousuf Kadri W/O Yousuf Shah Kadri and Dr. (Mrs.) Qudsia S ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2009(1)ALT708

..... 270, 284 to 300, 302, 304, 306, 307 and 311 to 317 of bachupally village, medchal taluq, ranga reddy district under the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, violative of the fundamental and constitutional rights guaranteed under the constitution of india as well as violative of the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976. ..... 456, revenue (u.c.i) department, dated 29.07.2002 is arbitrary, illegal, unjust, discriminatory, without jurisdiction, violative of the fundamental and constitutional rights guaranteed to the petitioners under articles 14 and 300-a of the constitution of india, violative of the principles of natural justice as well as the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 and the provisions of g.o. ms. no. ..... after filing the declarations under section 8(1) of the land reforms act, the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 came into force w.e.f. ..... g1/485/2002 dated 21.07.2004 issued by the 3rd respondent wherein final order under section 8 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 was passed against a dead person, petitioners' mother who expired on 30.10.1990, on an erroneous assumption that the entire extent of 457.14 acres of land situate in sy. ..... the provisions of rule 3 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) rules, 1976, provide that declarations under section 6(1) of the urban land ceiling act, have to be filed within 212 days. .....

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Jul 23 2012 (HC)

The Government of Tamil Nadu. Vs. Ms. Mecca Prime Tannery and ors.

Court : Chennai

..... state of objects and reasons of the repealing act is quoted hereinbelow:- statement of objects and reasonsthe tamil nadu urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 (president s act 34 of 1976) was enacted with the view to impose ceiling on vacant land in the urban agglomeration of chennai, madurai, coimbatore, tiruchirapalli, salem and tirunelveli and to prevent concentration of urban lands in the hands of a few persons and speculation and profiteering therein and to bring about an equitable distribution of lands to sub-serve ..... urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 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, to regulate 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 with a view to bring about an equitable distribution of land in urban agglomerations to subserve the common good, presumably in furtherance of the directive principles of state policy contained in article 39(c) and ..... reported in (2008) 12 scc 353 the facts of the case were that the lands owned by the land owners were declared as surplus lands under the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 by the competent authority, and the appeal preferred was also dismissed by the appellate authority by its order dated .....

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Sep 24 1985 (HC)

Balasaheb Venkatesh Khasbagh Alias Kulkarni Vs. Land Tribunal

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR1985KAR3898; 1985(2)KarLJ569

..... contended that in view of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, (herein after referred to as 'the urban land ceiling act'), the proceedings before the land tribunal for grant of occupancy rights ..... preamble of the urban land ceiling act reads thus :'an act 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, to regulate the construction of buildings on such land and for matters connected therewith, with a view to preventing theconcentration of urban land in the hands of a few persons and speculation and profiteering therein and with a view to bringing about an equitabledistribution of land in urban agglomerations to ..... the urban land ceiling act, which received the assent of the president on 17-2-1976, provides for ceiling on vacant land; and other provisions in the said enactment deal with declarations to be filed by the landholders; thedetermination of the surplus land and the ..... petitioner, it becomes necessary to refer to certain definitions in the klr act as also in the urban land ceiling act.the word 'land' as defined in the klr act, reads thus:' 'land' means agricultural land, that is to say, land which is used or capable of being used for agricultural purposes or purposes subservient thereto and includes horticultural land, forest land, garden land, pasture land, plantation and tope but does not include house-site or land used exclusively for non-agricultural purposes. .....

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Sep 18 1984 (HC)

Katya Co-operative Building Society Limited and ors. Vs. Government of ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1985AP242

..... 20 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act 1976 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') as could be gathered from the objects of the act and the extent of the authority of the central government to issue directions to the state government for the implementation of the act under arts. ..... 4 of the act and (d) that in the case of sale of land to the registered housing co-operative societies the members of the housing society to whom the above land is proposed to be sold are not hit by the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act 1976 i.e. ..... 10-9-80 to the new co-operative housing societies registered after the commencement of the urban land (ceiling and regulation act) 1976. ..... 4 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976.5. ..... it is clear from r.5 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) rules 1976 that the draft statement prepared under sub-sec. (10 of s. ..... 1-a of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) rules, 1976, had the transfer of that land taken place in pursuance of the scheme under s. ..... 1-a of urban land (ceiling and regulation) rules 1976, if a transfer of the land takes place in pursuance of a scheme under s. .....

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Sep 08 2000 (HC)

Mc. Dowell and Co., Ltd. and Another Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and A ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2000(6)ALD199; 2000(6)ALT369

..... permission granted shall stand cancelled and the said land will become, subject to the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, as excess land; (d) that the land may be mortgaged to any bank as defined in clause (iii) of sub-section (i) of section 10 including andhra pradesh state financial corporation for the purpose of raising finances for the industry; (e) that the purchasing company should file statement under section 15 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 before the special officer and competent authority, urban land ceiling, visakhapatnam.the government hereby ..... with any or all of these conditions shall render exemption void; (h) that the land should be utilised for the purpose for which it is retained failing which the exemption granted shall be liable for cancellation and the exempted land will be subject to the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976; and (i) that the land may be mortgaged to any bank as defined in clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 19 of the said act including andhra pradesh state financial corporation for the purpose of raising finances .....

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Oct 22 1998 (HC)

Government of A.P. and Others Vs. J. Sridevi and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1998(6)ALD738; 1999(1)ALT6

..... metres of each of the petitioners is outside the purview of the provisions of the urban land ceiling and regulation act 1976; todirect the 3rd respondent for sanction of the layout and also to direct the 4th respondent for entertaining the registration of the sale-deeds.3. ..... (a), 2(n) and 2(h) and 6 of the act, 1976 held as follows:'urban land (ceiling and regulation)act, 1976 - sections 2(o) expln. ..... & urban land ceiling, : 1992(3)alt573 , wherein it was held as follows:'urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 and g.o. ..... (uc.2), dated 31-10-1988, held as follows:'urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 section 20 and g.o.ms.no.733, revenue (uc.2) dated 31-10-1988 - g.o. ..... urban land (ceiling & regulation) act, 1976 hereinafter referred to as 'the act 1976', which came into effect w.e.f. ..... valluri basavaiah choudhary, : [1979]3scr802 , is to provide for the imposition of ceiling on vacant land in urban agglomerations for the acquisition of such land in excess of the ceiling limit to regulate the constructions of the building on such land and for matters connected therewith with a view to prevent the concentration of urban land in the hands of a few persons so as to check-mate speculations and profiteering therein on the one hand and to bring about equitable distribution of land among the urban population i.e. .....

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May 01 1979 (SC)

Union of India (Uoi) and ors. Vs. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1979SC1415; (1979)3SCC324; [1979]3SCR802

..... the primary object and the purpose of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, 'the act', as the long title and the preamble show, is 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, to regulate 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 with a view to bringing about an equitable distribution of land hi urban agglomerations to subserve the common good, in furtherance of the directive principles ..... common good.and whereas the parliament has no power to make laws for the states with regard to the matters aforesaid except as provided in article 249 and 250 of the constitution.and whereas this legislature is of the opinion that aforesaid matter may be regulated in rajasthan state by the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 (33 of central act of 1976) enacted by the parliament.now therefore the legislature of rajasthan state passes the following resolution in pursuance of article 252, clause (1):rajasthan state adopts the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 (33 of central act of 1976) for .....

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Mar 03 1999 (HC)

P. Gopirathnam and 4 Others Vs. Ferrodous Estate (Pvt.) Ltd., Rep. by ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1999(2)CTC181

..... object and the purpose of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976, which read thus:' the primary object and the purpose of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act,1976, 'the act, as the long title and the preamble show, is 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, to regulate 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 with a view to bringing about an equitable distribution of land in urban agglomerations ..... that case related to an execution sale and it was held that a sale in execution was not a transfer coming with the scope of s.27(1)of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976. ..... therefore, we answer the reference as follows:since provisions of bombay tenancy and agricultural lands act are entirely different from that of tamil nadu urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1978, various bench decisions of this court, wherein it was held that a decree for specific performance of contract cannot be granted, if it violates section 6 of tamil nadu urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1978 do not require reconsideration.we also hold that section 6 of the act not only prohibits a completed transfer but also a proposed transfer.we also hold that a decree for .....

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Apr 16 2009 (HC)

Vithabai Bama Bhandari Indian Inhabitant Vs. State of Maharashtra and ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2009(3)BomCR663; 2009(111)BomLR2093; 2009(4)MhLj693

..... (3) it shall be deemed to have come into force in the states of haryana and punjab and in all the union territories on the 11th day of january,1999 and in any other state which adopts this act under clause (2) of article 252 of the constitution on the date of such adoption; and the reference to repeal of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act,1976 shall, in relation to any state or union territory, mean the date on which this act comes into force in such state or union territory.38. ..... stand abated in view of section 4 of the urban land ceiling (repeal) act, 1999 and the respondents are now not entitled to resort to the provisions of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act 1976 in respect of the petitioners land;factual backdrops:in order to appreciate the grievance of the petitioner, few relevant introductory facts needs to be noticed at the outset.2. ..... the urban land (ceiling and regulation) bill was passed by both the houses of parliament and the statute came on the statute books as the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 (33 of 1976) (the ulc act). ..... the petitioner, in this petition filed under article 226 of the constitution of india, is seeking following declaration;that it be declared that all proceedings/notifications and notices issued under section 9 and 10 of the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976 in respect of the land situated at bearing survey no. .....

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