Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. & Anr v. Ehsan & Anr

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Reported as [2023] 13 S.C.R. 905
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 13 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the action of the State authorities concerned to go to the spot and prepare panchnama showing delivery of possession was suffi cient for recording a fi nding that actual possession of the entire acquired land had been taken and handed over to BDA. The utilisation of the major portion of the acquired STATE OF U.P. & ANR. v.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Whether in exercise of writ jurisdiction the High Court should have refrained from adjudicating the contentious issue with regard to taking of actual possession of the surplus land fro m the landholder, when the same was not decided in the previous round of litigation even though it had arisen for consideration. Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 – The High Court disposed of the writ petition by judgment and order dated 08.10.2018 declaring that the land in dispute shall continue to be in possession of the fi rst respondent-original petitioner and

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