256 of 1968.
Sen, M. S. K. Sastri and S. P. Nayar, for the respondents.
Jayaram, for the intervener.
By numberice dated March 12, 1968, under s. 17 1 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands Ceiling on Holdings Act 27 of 1961, the Sub Divisional Officer, Chanduri, called upon Narayanibai to, show cause why land held by her in excess of the ceiling area shall number be deemed surplus land and shall number vest in the State.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Shah, J. Narayanibai is the holder of 142 acres and 8 gunthas of dry crop land in village Teosa, District Amravati in the State of Maharashtra.
Petition under Art.
14, 19 1 f g and 31 in Part III of the Constitution, and for an order restraining the State of Maharashtra and the Sub Divisional Officer, Chanduri, from dispossessing the petitioner.
Narayanibai filed a petition in this Court claiming a declaration that Maharashtra Act 27 of 1961 is ultia vires the State Legislature in that it violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Arts.
