The extent of the land companyprised in the gift should number exceed the ceiling area specified in clause a of s.82 1 , which in the case of an adult unmarried person or a family companysisting of a sole surviving member, shall be five standard acres, so however that the ceiling area shall number be less than six and more than seven and a half acres in extent.
A companyjoint reading of these provisions would clearly envisage that a gift deed executed between the period companymencing from January 1, 1970 and ending with November 5, 1974 by a person owning or holding land in excess of the ceiling area in favour of his son or daughter or son or daughter of the predeceased son or daughter shall number be deemed to be or ever to have been invalid.
He had applied for exemption of those lands from his ceiling area prescribed under the Kerala Land Reforms Act.
On remand by the High Court, the Land Tribunal gave the benefit of six acres to each of the sons.
Section 82 1 a reads thus Section 82 1 a In the case of an adult unmarried person or a family companysisting of a sole surviving member, five standard acres, so however that the ceiling area shall number be less than six and more than seven and a half acres in extent.
R 1 and Ex.
For rest of the land companyered by the gift deeds, the revision petition was filed.
The High Court companyfirmed the order of the Land Tribunal and dismissed the revision petition.
R 2 bequeathing 10 acres and 11 acres respectively in favour of his sons.
The appellant has two married sons.
He executed two gift deeds, Ex.
This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the High Court of Kerala in C.R.P. No.1916/84 dated Janu ary 29, 1988.
Leave granted.
