BHUPENDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Delay condoned in view of the statements made in the application for condonation of delay.

(2.) Leave granted.

(3.) These appeals relate to proceedings under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Ceiling Act'). The Surplus Land Determination Tribunal held that out of the total land belonging to the family of the appellant the surplus land held were 91.02 acres. The dispute in these appeals is confined to certain lands held by the appellant which he had purchased from one Kisan, a tribal under a registered sale-deed dated 31-1-1958.