Gjanan Kamlya Patil vs Addl.Collector & Comp.Auth.(Ulc) & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in relegating the parties to file civil suits regarding the lands covered by Survey No.54/4 and Survey No.53/3 under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999. The Court emphasized that the possession of land must be determined in accordance with the law, referencing the precedent in State of UP v. Hari Ram (2013) 4 SCC 280. The Court ultimately ruled that the Appellant's claim to the land should not have been dismissed without a proper adjudication of possession.