LAWS(ALL)-2023-2-182

RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA Vs. STATE OF U. P.

Decided On February 09, 2023
RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA Appellant
V/S
STATE OF U. P. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the Shri H.R. Mishra, learned counsel assisted by Shri Krishna Mohan Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel.

(2.) Petitioners by the instant writ petition seek a direction to the State- respondent/competent authority to release 3,480 square feet of land of arazi (khasra) No. 24, situated in Village-Muhai Sugharpur, Tappa Haveli, Post Haveli, (Parwatia Shivpuri Colony), Tehsil Sadar, District Gorakhpur, declared surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976, (for short 'Act'), in view of the Repeal Act No. 15 of 1999, w.e.f., 31/3/1999.

(3.) The facts giving rise to the instant writ petition, as pleaded are that the petitioners are subsequent purchasers of the land declared excess, i.e., arazi khasra No. 24. The original land owner was one Ram Kisun, son of Kodai, duly recorded in the revenue record.