Specialised farm exemption under ceiling law did not extend to horse-breeding land or its fodder cultivation.

Land used for horse-breeding and fodder cultivation was not treated as exempt under Section 6(xvii) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 because the exemption was confined to specialised farms expressly covered by the statutory scheme and rules. The provision referred to poultry farming and dairying, while other specialised farms depended on prescription under Section 44 and Rule 4(4); horse-breeding was not included. The word "and" could not be read as "or" to expand the exemption, and the fodder explanation was not wide enough to cover fodder grown for other purposes.

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Issues: Whether land used for horse-breeding and cultivation of fodder could qualify for exemption as land included in a specialised farm under Section 6(xvii) of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, and whether the word "and" in that provision could be read as "or".

Analysis: The exemption under Section 6(xvii) was limited to land falling within the specified categories of specialised farms. The provision expressly mentioned poultry farming and dairying, and for other specialised farms it contemplated prescription by rules under Section 44. Rule 4(4) identified particular specialised farms, but horse-breeding was not among them. In context, the word "and" could not be substituted by "or", since the statutory scheme did not support extending the exemption to every non-agricultural specialised use. The explanation relating to fodder for dairy did not widen the exemption to fodder grown for other purposes.

Conclusion: Land used for horse-breeding did not fall within the exemption, and the broader interpretation of Section 6(xvii) was rejected.

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