Supreme Court of India

Rakesh Kumar Goel Etc. v. U.P. State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 8 S.C.R. 220
Bench S.H. Kapadia and Aftab Alam JJ.
Decided 8 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the records we feel obliged to say that the existing provisions of the UPZALR Act and the UPZALR Rules are out of date by three quarters of a century.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Land laws: U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Rules, 1952 - r. 285- - Auction sale - Allottees of Government land in arrears of land revenue - Recovery of government dues - Auction sale of Government plots in favour of highest bidders - Set aside by High Court on the ground of violation of r. 285- - On appeal, held: Law under which the auction sale proceedings were held was deficient - Auction proceedings appear to be full of anomalies - On the contrary, bidders did not deposit twenty five percent of the bid amount immediately after the auction and there was no receipt showing payment

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