https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311670 Prior approval under section 157-AA of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act is mandatory before a transfer by a Scheduled Caste purchaser is effected. A post facto application cannot cure the absence of prior permission, so a sale made without obtaining approval in advance is not validated later by a subsequent request. On that reasoning, the transaction was treated as void under the statutory scheme and the annulment of the transfer was upheld. Decisions permitting later approval were distinguished because, in those cases, permission had been sought before the transfer process was completed. en-us Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:23:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311670 Prior approval under section 157-AA of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act is mandatory before a transfer by a Scheduled Caste purchaser is effected. A post facto application cannot cure the absence of prior permission, so a sale made without obtaining approval in advance is not validated later by a subsequent request. On that reasoning, the transaction was treated as void under the statutory scheme and the annulment of the transfer was upheld. Decisions permitting later approval were distinguished because, in those cases, permission had been sought before the transfer process was completed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311670