DALSUKHBHAI BACHUBHAI SATASIA & OTHERS versus STATE OF GUJARAT & OTHERS

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petitions by not applying s.4 of the Repealing Act and thereby not granting relief to the appellants; was the delivery of notice u/s.10(5) of the ULC Act to the appellants (as possessors of a mandatory step, the non-fulfilment of which would render abatement of the proceedings in terms of s.4 of the Repealing Act; and that despite the recording of lands in the name of the State Government, if actual possession was not subsequently transferred to the Government, would this render the