BHUPENDRA SINGH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA .

The Supreme Court addressed appeals concerning the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, and the Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974. The Court held that lands restored to tribal heirs under Section 3 of the Restoration Act must be included in the ceiling area of the appellant's family unit as they were part of the holding at the commencement date of the Ceiling Act. The Court upheld the decisions of the Surplus Land Determination Tribunal and the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, affirming the restoration order and the inclusion of the lands in the ceiling calculation.