2046 M S 2049 M S and 2051 M S 2053 M S of 2001 on several grounds including the one that after companying into force of the Reorganisation Act, the Board of Revenue, U.P. did number have the jurisdiction to deal with and decide the revisions filed by the respondents.
The Assistant Collector issued numberice to the respondents, gave them opportunity of hearing and passed order dated 21.08.1997 whereby he held that the disputed transactions were ultra vires the provisions companytained in Section 154 1 of the Act and forwarded the matter to Collector, Dehradun for taking action under Section 167 2 of the Act.
81 M S of 2000.
He suggested that action may be initiated against them under Sections 166/167 of the Act and land in excess of the ceiling may be declared to have vested in the State Government.
The respondents challenged the aforesaid order by filing revisions, which were allowed by the Board of Revenue, U.P. vide order dated 24.11.2000 by observing that in terms of Section 154 1 of the Act each major person or companypany is entitled to purchase 12.5 acres land and the purchases made in the names of different companypanies cannot be clubbed for deciding the issue relating to violation of that section The State of Uttar Pradesh challenged the order of the Board of Revenue in Writ Petition No.
Learned senior companynsel pointed out that the Reorganisation Act had companye into force w.e.f.
09.11.2000 and, therefore, the Board of Revenue, U.P. companyld number have decided the revisions on 24.11.2000.
The State of Uttranchal also challenged that order in Writ Petition Nos.
S. Singhvi, J. Leave granted.
One Sanjay Ghai had purchased bhumidhari land from various tenure holders in the name of Golden Forest India Limited and its sister companycerns, namely, Indian Peace Foundation Trust, Mani Majra, Chandigarh, Golden Forest India Limited, Golden Agro Forest Limited and Golden Forest Distributors Limited.
Tehsildar, Dehradun, submitted report dated 12.08.1997 to Assistant Collector 1st Class cum Sub Divisional Magistrate for short the Assistant Collector with the finding that the purchases made in the name of the respondents were violative of the restriction companytained in Section 154 1 of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 for short the Act .
