DIPAK BABARIA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT
LAWS(SC)-2014-1-46
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: GUJARAT)
Decided on January 23,2014

Dipak Babaria Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF GUJARAT Respondents


Referred Judgements :-

NAZIR AHMED VS. KING EMPEROR [REFERRED TO]
COMISSIONER OF POLICE BOMBAY VS. GORDHANDAS BHANJI [REFERRED TO]
RAO SHIV BAHADUR SINGH VS. STATE OF VINDHYA PRADESH [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH VS. SINGHARA SINGH [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF PUNJAB VS. HARI KISHAN SHARMA [REFERRED TO]
MOHINDER SINGH GILL VS. CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NEW DELHI [REFERRED TO]
KASTURI LAL LAKSHMI REDDY REPRE SENTED VS. STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA BANSI SINGH JAWAHAR LAL MEHTA KAPIL MUNI SINGH SEDASUSHAN KUMAR SINGH VS. STATE OF BIHAR [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH AMICHAND SHAH VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [REFERRED TO]
SHRISHT DHAWAN VS. SHAW BROTHERS [REFERRED TO]
ANIRUDHSINHJI KARANSINHJI JADEJA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [REFERRED TO]
INDIAN COUNCIL FOR ENVIRO LEGAL ACTION VS. UNION OF INDIA [REFERRED TO]
UJJAGAR SINGH HAZARA SINGH VS. COLLECTOR BHATINDA:STATE OF PUNJAB [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA KISHORE JHA VS. MAHAVIR PRASAD [REFERRED TO]
DHANANJAYA REDDY VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [REFERRED TO]
TARLOCHAN DEV SHARMA VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [REFERRED TO]
DLF QUTAB ENCLAVE COMPLEX EDUCATION CHARITABLE TRUST VS. STATE OF HARYANA [REFERRED TO]
BHAURAO DAGDU PARALKAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [REFERRED TO]
DEEWAN SINGH VS. RAJENDRA PD ARDEVI [REFERRED TO]
GUJARAT URJA VIKASH NIGAM LTD VS. ESSAR POWER LTD [REFERRED TO]
JASBIR SINGH CHHABRA VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [REFERRED TO]
NOIDA ENTREPRENEURS ASSOCIATION VS. NOIDA [REFERRED TO]
CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION VS. UNION OF INDIA [REFERRED TO]
MANOHAR JOSHI VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [REFERRED TO]



Cited Judgements :-

RAJIB NATH VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2023-9-45] [REFERRED TO]
NABAM PARIO VS. STATE OF A P [LAWS(GAU)-2020-3-116] [REFERRED TO]
GARNET FINANCE LIMITED AND ORS. VS. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE [LAWS(APH)-2015-3-135] [REFERRED TO]
DEVENDRA SINGH VS. STATE OF U P AND 3 OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2017-11-113] [REFERRED TO]
UNION OF INDIA VS. RVG METALS [LAWS(DLH)-2019-4-293] [REFERRED TO]
JINDAL STEEL & POWER LIMITED VS. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2020-12-25] [REFERRED TO]
MAMTA VS. STATE OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2021-9-118] [REFERRED TO]
VINAYKANT G KARGASTHALA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 3 [LAWS(GJH)-2017-2-256] [REFERRED TO]
SHABBIR ALI MOHAMMED KHALIFA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(GJH)-2014-10-94] [REFERRED TO]
KHUNDRAKPAM RATNA DEVI VS. STATE OF MANIPUR [LAWS(MANIP)-2019-1-65] [REFERRED TO]
THE L.N. MITHILA UNIVERSITY AND ORS. VS. DEO CHANDRA CHOUDHARY AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2016-1-27] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNA DEVI VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-8-8] [REFERRED TO]
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2022-3-1] [REFERRED TO]
BALDEV SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2016-3-63] [REFERRED TO]
KALIPADA MOHANTA VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2020-5-8] [REFERRED TO]
CHINTPURNI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL & ANR. VS. STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. [LAWS(SC)-2018-7-13] [REFERRED TO]
NKGSB COOPERATIVE BANK LIMITED VS. SUBIR CHAKRAVARTY [LAWS(SC)-2022-2-92] [REFERRED TO]
SH.H. LALROPIANGA VS. MIZORAM UNIVERSITY [LAWS(GAU)-2017-11-52] [REFERRED TO]
GUJARAT STATE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2014-5-21] [REFERRED TO]
BIJENDER SINGH AND ORS. VS. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2015-9-108] [REFERRED TO]
SHANKAR DABHADE & ORS. VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. [LAWS(BOM)-2016-7-29] [REFERRED TO]
PLATINUM AAC BLOCKS PRIVATE LTD VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 15 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-8-189] [REFERRED]
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA VS. JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LIMITED [LAWS(DLH)-2021-3-189] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF U.P. VS. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT SRI DURGA JI PURVA MADHYAMIK BALIKA JAMIN [LAWS(ALL)-2021-8-164] [REFERRED TO]
YASI GADUK VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(GAU)-2020-3-119] [REFERRED TO]
MANIKUNTALA SARKAR VS. ASIATIC SOCIETY [LAWS(CAL)-2015-6-44] [REFERRED TO]
BHURKURA MATH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2018-12-123] [REFERRED TO]
SANJEEVAN GRAMIN VAIDYAKIYA & SAMAJIK SAHAYATA PRATISHTHAN VS. UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI [LAWS(BOM)-2014-6-1] [REFERRED TO]
ADARSH CO-OP. HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(BOM)-2016-4-121] [REFERRED TO]
HASMUKHBHAI THAKOREBHAI PATEL VS. REGISTRAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES [LAWS(GJH)-2017-2-76] [REFERRED TO]
MEKA RAMA MURTHY VS. STATE OF A.P. [LAWS(APH)-2024-2-58] [REFERRED TO]
G. JEBISOW ENTERPRISE VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH & ORS. [LAWS(GAU)-2016-4-44] [REFERRED TO]
YAKI TARING ANCHAL SAMITI MEMBER (ASM) VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS [LAWS(GAU)-2016-6-83] [REFERRED TO]
SAMANUNGBA AO S/O REPALIBA VS. STATE OF NAGALAND [LAWS(GAU)-2016-8-74] [REFERRED]
SH. NIKIAUVA VS. MARA AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL [LAWS(GAU)-2017-7-37] [REFERRED TO]
JUPITER AUTOMOBILES VS. GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS. [LAWS(APH)-2014-12-171] [REFERRED TO]
LEGAL HEIRS OF RIJU PRASAD SARMA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2022-10-41] [REFERRED TO]
AWADHESH KUMAR VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2022-2-26] [REFERRED TO]
PARVIN COTGIN PVT. LTD. VS. AXIS BANK LTD. [LAWS(GJH)-2020-8-533] [REFERRED TO]
KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2023-4-83] [REFERRED TO]
SITARAM SHARMA S/O LATE JAGAN NATH SHARMA VS. T. M. BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY [LAWS(PAT)-2015-1-165] [REFERRED TO]
CHITRESWORI KHUNDRAKPAM VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(MANIP)-2021-12-5] [REFERRED TO]
LEITANTHEM SUSHINDRO SINGH VS. STATE OF MANIPUR [LAWS(MANIP)-2019-7-9] [REFERRED TO]
BINDWAL PRIMARY AGRICULTURE CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-8-83] [REFERRED TO]
SKYLARK COOP. HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. VS. S.S. MOKASHIM [LAWS(SC)-2014-7-95] [REFERRED TO]
KHALEEL AHMED K.R. AND OTHERS VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS [LAWS(KAR)-2016-6-159] [REFERRED TO]
BALVINDER SANGWAN VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2020-6-74] [REFERRED TO]
SUDHIR KUMAR BRAHMA VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2022-9-125] [REFERRED TO]
K. SATHYABAL AND ORS. VS. BAR COUNCIL OF TAMIL NADU AND PUDUCHERRY AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2016-3-52] [REFERRED TO]
SAJOJINI AMMAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST VS. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2016-1-50] [REFERRED TO]
SUO MOTU VS. AMRUTLAL SHANKERLAL THAKKER [LAWS(GJH)-2023-10-70] [REFERRED TO]
C. BRIGHT VS. DISTRICT COLLECTOR [LAWS(SC)-2020-11-15] [REFERRED TO]
THE REGISTRAR, INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY AND ORS. VS. SELVI GANESH AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2016-3-40] [REFERRED TO]
SHIVDEV SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2021-2-46] [REFERRED TO]
VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES TECHNICAL CAMPUS VS. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2023-5-19] [REFERRED TO]
LAKSHAMAN KISHOR VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2021-12-47] [REFERRED TO]
ARTI KUMARI SINGH VS. PATNA HIGH COURT, THROUGH REGISTRAR GENERAL [LAWS(PAT)-2019-10-19] [REFERRED TO]
SUJIT KUMAR SINGHA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2024-6-8] [REFERRED TO]
ANURADHA CHAUDHURI VS. KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION [LAWS(CAL)-2021-1-7] [REFERRED TO]
UMARAW SINGH YADAV VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2019-11-181] [REFERRED TO]
ORANGE TOURS AND TRAVELS VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(GAU)-2018-3-46] [REFERRED TO]
MACHANI NAGARAJU VS. COMMISSIONER OF ENDOWMENTS [LAWS(APH)-2014-6-35] [REFERRED TO]
KAMAL SARMA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2022-10-14] [REFERRED TO]
RANA MOTORS PVT LTD VS. GOVT NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2020-9-78] [REFERRED TO]
STANDARD METALLOYS PVT LTD VS. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS [LAWS(DLH)-2019-2-46] [REFERRED TO]
HANS RAJ SINGH VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2016-2-35] [REFERRED TO]
THINGPAMLA KHAMRANG VS. COMMISSIONER / SECRETARY (EDUCATION/S), GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR [LAWS(MANIP)-2017-12-11] [REFERRED TO]
NIDHI KAUSHIK VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2014-5-183] [REFERRED TO]
DHANUKA AGRITECH LIMITED VS. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2022-6-20] [REFERRED TO]
BANASTHALI VIDYAPITH, BANASTHALI, TEHSIL NEWAI VS. JAIPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, JLN MARG [LAWS(RAJ)-2017-7-249] [REFERRED TO]
GANADHI PATI CONSTRUCTION PVT LTD THROUGH ITS MANA VS. STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT OF BI [LAWS(PAT)-2018-3-181] [REFERRED TO]
PRASAD V.M. AND ORS. VS. STATE OF KERALA AND ORS. [LAWS(KER)-2015-2-168] [REFERRED TO]
S. GAUTAM RAJ VS. BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANGARA PALIKE, BENGALURU AND OTHERS [LAWS(KAR)-2016-5-112] [REFERRED TO]
G RAJKUMAR VS. STATE OF TAMIL NADU; DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION; K SEKAR; REGIONAL JOINT DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION; R RAMASAMY [LAWS(MAD)-2016-8-239] [REFERRED]
K B COOPERATIVE ART VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & OTHERS [LAWS(RAJ)-2014-10-248] [REFERRED]
STATE OF MEGHALAYA VS. CMJ FOUNDATION [LAWS(MEGH)-2021-5-2] [REFERRED TO]
RAKHI NAIK ALIAS RAKHI AMIT NAIK VS. RAJANI GAONKAR [LAWS(BOM)-2020-7-207] [REFERRED TO]
JARJUM YOMGAM VS. STATE OF A P [LAWS(GAU)-2020-3-118] [REFERRED TO]
SUGAM MERCANTILE PVT LTD VS. SANJAY KUMAR GUPTA & ORS [LAWS(CAL)-2018-1-112] [REFERRED TO]
PRAFULLA KUMAR NATH VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2023-8-40] [REFERRED TO]
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE, SHREE RAJ SHYAMAJI SEVA TRUST VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2022-11-5] [REFERRED TO]
VIMAL KUMAR SAIGAL VS. OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF STAMPS [LAWS(DLH)-2020-1-134] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNAPATNAM PORT COMPANY LTD VS. GOVT OF A P [LAWS(APH)-2014-12-30] [REFERRED TO]
LANCE NAIK KORRAPATI KISHORE KUMAR VS. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH [LAWS(APH)-2022-3-47] [REFERRED TO]
SIYARAM KURRE VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2022-1-70] [REFERRED TO]
ANANYA PRAMOD JOSHI VS. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN [LAWS(GJH)-2022-9-1586] [REFERRED TO]
ANAS BABU VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(KER)-2017-10-142] [REFERRED TO]
BIHAR RAJYA BHUMI VIKAS BANK SIMIT VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2016-9-20] [REFERRED TO]
GENE CAMPAIGN VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2024-7-84] [REFERRED TO]
M/S. INDU PROJECTS LIMITED VS. TELANGANA MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES FACILITATION COUNCIL [LAWS(TLNG)-2019-11-84] [REFERRED TO]
RAMA CHANDRA BEHERA VS. CHAIRMAN [LAWS(ORI)-2019-12-42] [REFERRED TO]
LAGHU UDHYOG NIRMATA AVAM VIKRETA SANGH VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2022-1-69] [REFERRED TO]
R.K. VERMA & OTHERS VS. STATE OF HARYANA & OTHERS [LAWS(P&H)-2017-8-211] [REFERRED TO]
DEKTER GADI VS. STATE OF A P [LAWS(GAU)-2020-3-117] [REFERRED TO]
PADI BABY VS. NABAM PARI [LAWS(GAU)-2020-3-160] [REFERRED TO]
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAULANA MOHAMAD ALI JAUHAR TRUST VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-3-53] [REFERRED TO]
NOIDA EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND ORS. VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2019-3-312] [REFERRED TO]
M/S. RAMA MEDICAL STORES VS. THE COMMISSIONER INCOME TAX LUCKNOW [LAWS(ALL)-2016-9-404] [REFERRED TO]
JUPITER AUTOMOBILES VS. GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS. [LAWS(APH)-2014-12-173] [REFERRED TO]
KOPELO LETUO VS. NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION [LAWS(GAU)-2017-10-17] [REFERRED TO]
LALROKHAWMA VS. STATE OF MIZORAM [LAWS(GAU)-2015-6-93] [REFERRED TO]
MANOHAR PATEL.R VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-352] [REFERRED TO]
GOLDEN KUMAR VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2024-5-28] [REFERRED TO]
NARESH PASWAN AND ORS. VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2018-1-223] [REFERRED TO]
ONYX THERAPEUTICS, INC VS. UNION OF INDIA & ORS [LAWS(DLH)-2019-2-265] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KUMAR SINGH BHADORIA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2021-7-60] [REFERRED TO]
NRUPAL NARENDRABHAI DALWADI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT THRO SECRETARY [LAWS(GJH)-2017-5-156] [REFERRED TO]
DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION VS. MANAT KHEMRAJ SOMAJI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-216] [REFERRED TO]
K. SATISH NAYAK AND ANOTHER VS. THE SECRETARY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY [LAWS(KAR)-2017-3-57] [REFERRED TO]
PROCESS EQUIPMENTS INDIA VS. H.P. MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES FACILITATION COUNCIL [LAWS(HPH)-2014-5-4] [REFERRED TO]
M. PADMAPRIYA AND ORS. VS. THE CHAIRMAN LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2015-12-146] [REFERRED TO]
VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT BUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION VS. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2014-10-320] [REFERRED TO]
LAL BABU RAM VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2019-6-134] [REFERRED TO]
PRAVEEN KUMBHAT AND ORS. VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS. [LAWS(RAJ)-2015-12-36] [REFERRED TO]
KAMNI TRIPATHI VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2022-3-131] [REFERRED TO]
REGISTRAR, INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY; DIRECTOR, CHENNAI CAMPUS INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY VS. SELVI GANESH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF MARITIME LAW INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY, UTHANDI UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(MAD)-2016-3-369] [REFERRED]
FR. E.A. THOMAS VS. SRI RAMMURTY MISSAL [LAWS(ORI)-2016-2-89] [REFERRED TO]
ALL ORISSA STATE BANK OFFICERS HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2020-7-2] [REFERRED TO]
ROHIT @ KALIA VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2020-8-26] [REFERRED TO]
AMIT KUMAR AND ORS. VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2014-7-80] [REFERRED TO]
RAHUL NAIK VS. RAJANI GAONKAR [LAWS(BOM)-2020-7-195] [REFERRED TO]
K.G.A. HOTELS & RESORTS PVT. LTD. VS. STATE OF KERALA AND ORS. [LAWS(KER)-2015-3-9] [REFERRED TO]
BEOWORLD PVT. LTD VS. BANG & OLUFSEN EXPANSION [LAWS(DLH)-2020-7-127] [REFERRED TO]
RABIN MAJHI VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2023-5-91] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. HEMLATABAI DEORAO TEKADE VS. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2016-12-70] [REFERRED TO]
RAHUL P.U. VS. GEOLOGIST, DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND GEOLOGY [LAWS(KER)-2022-11-342] [REFERRED TO]
STANDARD METALLOYS PRIVATE LIMITED VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(APH)-2020-9-141] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)Leave Granted.
(2.)This appeal by Special Leave seeks to challenge the judgment and order dated 30.8.2012 rendered by a Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court dismissing Writ Petition (PIL) No.44 of 2012 filed by the appellants herein. The Writ Petition had various prayers, but essentially it sought to challenge the permission granted by the Collector, Bhuj, to sell certain parcels of agricultural land situated in district Kutch, which were said to have been purchased earlier by the respondent No.4 herein, one Indigold Refinery Limited of Mumbai, for industrial purpose in favour of respondent No.5 i.e. one Alumina Refinery Limited, Navi Mumbai, as being impermissible under the provisions of the Gujarat (earlier 'Bombay' prior to the amendment in its application in the State of Gujarat) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region and Kutch Areas) Act, 1958 (Tenancy Act, 1958 for short). It was submitted that under Section 89A of this Act, agricultural land can be permitted to be sold by an agriculturist to another person for industrial purpose provided the proposed user is bona- fide. In the event, the land is not so utilised by such a person for such purpose, within the period as stipulated under the act, the Collector of the concerned district has to make an enquiry under sub-Section 5 thereof, give an opportunity to the purchaser with a view to ascertain the factual situation, and thereafter pass an order that the land shall vest in the State Government on payment of an appropriate compensation to the purchaser which the Collector may determine. It was contended that there was no provision for any further transfer of agricultural land from one industrial purchaser to any third party, once again, for industrial purpose when the first purchaser of agricultural land had defaulted in setting up the industry. Apart from being in breach of the law, the transaction was stated to be against public interest, and a mala-fide one resulting into a serious loss to the public exchequer. The Writ Petition criticised the role of the Collector and the Revenue Minister of the State Government, and sought an inquiry against them in the present case, and also a direction to the state authorities to resume the concerned land.
(3.)The impugned judgment and order rejected the said writ petition on two grounds, firstly that there was delay in initiating the said Public Interest Litigation (PIL), and that the writ petitioner had suppressed the material facts before the Court concerning the investment claimed to have been made by the respondent No.5.


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