STATE OF U P Vs. PREM CHANDRA JAIN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) :-

(2.) THIS petition under Article 226 of the Constitution has been filed by the State of U. P. against the judgment of the District Judge, Meerut, dated 30th September, 1981, accepting the appeal of Respondent 1 Prem Chandra Jain filed under Section 33 of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act').

(3.) THE first question that arises for decision in the instant case is whether Section 2 (q) (i) could be applied to the land required to be left vacant under Regulation 20 of U. P. (Regulation of Building Operations) Act, 1958. "Vacant land" has been defined in Section 2 (q) (i), which reads as under :