As per the case facts, these appeals arose from writ petitions challenging proceedings under the Uttar Pradesh Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The High Court dismissed the ... writ petitions, upholding the application of the Ceiling Act. The reason for the appeal to the Supreme Court was to determine if the provisions of the Ceiling Act apply to land granted by the Government under a lease agreement, and if a sub-lessee can claim independent rights as a tenure holder. The question arose concerning the applicability of the Ceiling Act to government-granted land under a lease and the rights of sub-lessees. Finally, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals. It clarified that the Ceiling Act applies to government grantees under a lease agreement, and the grantee has no right to transfer the land without fulfilling lease conditions. Sub-lessees cannot claim independent rights as tenure holders; thus, the appellant (sub-lessee) remains an ostensible holder, and the government grantee remains the real holder.