Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960: ss. 6(2), 8, c 20, 21, 37 -f Person - Meaning of-Agreement proposing to purchase land in joint names entered into by five couples - I Agreement also stating that purpose was not joint cultivation of land - After purchase, they entered into another agreement recording dvision of land into ten portions among them - Order D of Deputy: collector that a group of persons purchasing agricultural land together, being an association of persons, had to be treated as 'a person' under the Act and therefore they could: jointly hold only one unit in view of provision of s. 6(1) of the Ceiling I Act and not five units as held by Mamlatdar E-Correctnessof-Held: Not correct-Mere combinationof persons without any intention to carry out ,,a joint venture would not convrt them into a body of individuals/association of persons in I the absence of a deeming provision in a statute or an agreement - Thus, each couple together with the members F_of the family (excluding major sons) is_aperson entitled to hold one µnit - Having regard to s. 6(2) of the Ceiling Act, the share of $ach couple (husband and wife) in the land, plus any other land individually held by them to be calculated to find out whether they held any land in excess of the ceiling limit - GDirections issued-Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904- s.3(35) --1 Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural lands Act, 1948s. 63 - Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Amendment Act, I 1972 - s.8(1), (2), (3) and (4). I
