STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. DISTRICT JUDGE ALLAHABAD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) :-

(2.) THIS writ petition has been preferred by the State of U. P. against the judgment of the District Judge, Allahabad, holding that neither the firm Sigma Chemicals, 332-A, Sukm Sarai, Allahabad, nor G.R.K. Shervani in the capacity of partner in the aforesaid firm owned land in excess of ceiling limit. Accordingly, the District Judge set aside the order of the Competent Authority who had declared 1550.67 square metres land as surplus.

(3.) BY the judgment and order dated 16-3-1981, the Competent Authority held that the land did not belong to Sigma Chemicals and it was owned exclusively by G.R K. Shervani. He found that the total area of the land was 3050.67 square metres and after permitting 1500 square metres as vacant land to be retained by respondent 3, the remaining 1550.67 square metres was liable to be declared as surplus.