Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 691 · Decided 8 October 2010
Omprakash Verma & ORS. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 691 · [2010] 15 S.C.R. 302
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 998/2007
- Decided
- 8 October 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Urban Ceiling Act, 1976: C ss. 2(q), 6 and 10(3) - 'Vacant land' - HELD: Any land not being agricultural land but falling within an urban agglomeration constitutes vacant land as defined in s.2(q) - In the instant case, the lands constituted 'vacant land' on the date of filing of in 1978 - The land-owners themselves termed the land as 'grazing lands' D and 'vacant land' in their declaration u/s 6(1) - The notification u/s 10(3) stating that the surplus land would be deemed to have been acquired by State Government and the same would vest absolutely in it, was issued in
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