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PETITIONER: ATTAR SINGH & OTHERS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF U. P.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 17/12/1958
BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. BENCH: WANCHOO, K.N. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. SUBBARAO, K.
CITATION: 1959 AIR 564 1959 SCR Supl. (1) 928 CITATOR INFO : D 1967 SC 57 (7) RF 1967 SC 856 (13) F 1967 SC1568 (6)
ACT: Agricultural Holdings, Consolidation of-Constitutional vali- dity of enactment-Procedure, if discriminatory-U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act (U.P. V of 1954) as amended by Act No. XVI of 1957, ss. 8, 9, 10, 14 to 17, 19 to 22, 49- Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 31(2).
HEADNOTE: The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act (U . P. V of 954), as amended by the amending Acts, which was intended to encourage the development of agriculture by the allotment of compact areas to tenure-holders in lieu of scattered plots so that large-scale cultivation might be possible with all its attendant advantages. A notification was issued under s. 4 Of the impugned Act declaring the decision of the State Government to formulate a scheme of’ consolidation in respect of the area where the petitioners held their lands. This was followed up by a statement of proposals under s. 19. The petitioners objected to these proposals and thereafter ...