In case the land was taken away, companypensation was payable to the lessee in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
Since the questions of law which arise in these appeals arc companymon, it would be sufficient to refer to the 808 facts in one of the appeals viz civil appeal arising out of S.L.P. No.
3204 of 1988 since the High Court has taken the facts from it.
On 17th December, 1977, respondent No.1 partly accepted the reference.
After taking possession of the leased land, the lessee Lala Khush Ram is alleged to have spent moneys to clear the jungle and level the uneven terrain and develop the land for agriculture.
In the year 1959, the State of U.P. passed U.P. Government Estates Thekedari Abolition Act, 1958 hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act and issued numberifications under the said Act for taking over the leased lands granted under the Grants Act and issued numberifications vesting all such lands in the State.
One of the companyditions of the said lease with which we arc companycerned here, was that the leased land would number be taken away except as specified by the clauses of the lease deed and that too for the purpose of land reforms.
Government of India granted lease of 4805 acres of land to Lala Khushi Ram for development under the Crown Grants Act later renamed as Government Grants Act, 1895 hereinafter referred to as the Grants Act by a registered lease deed dated 25.8.1920 which was executed by the Secretary of State for India in Council for a period extending upto 31st March, 2013.
These four appeals arc directed against a companymon judgment dated 19th October, 1987 delivered by the High Court in four writ petitions filed before it by the four appellants.
Lala Khushi Ram Dusaj, predecessor of the appellant was one of the persons who accepted the offer and agreed to develop land in District Nainital.
SAWANT, J. Leave granted.
The appellant, therefore, moved the High Court by a writ petition.
Hence the present appeals.
In 1920s, Government of India being anxious to develop the undeveloped, lands throughout the companyntry including that in the district of Nainital offered to extend many companycessions to those who agreed to develop the and.
