Supreme Court of India · 2007-08-30
Syndicate Bank vs Estate Officer & Manager, A.P.I.I.C. ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2007 SUPREME COURT 3169
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Syndicate Bank
- Respondent
- Estate Officer & Manager, A.P.I.I.C. ...
- Bench
- S.B. Sinha, Markandey Katju
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the validity of the land allotment agreement between the Government of Andhra Pradesh and United Auto Tractor Ltd., emphasizing that under Clause 16 of the agreement, the government retained the right to resume the land if the company failed to utilize it for the intended purpose. The Court held that the company, having not fulfilled the conditions of the agreement, could not claim ownership of the land, and the government was entitled to re-enter the premises. The judgment reaffirmed the principles of contractual obligations and the rights of the government in land allotment cases.