•St

udyMat
eri
alf
orLL.
B.I
II
.

Subj
ect
:l
andLaws
II(
semes
terI
I)

Modul
e01

Hi
stor
icalBac
kgr
oundofl
andRev
enueSy
stem.

Si
nceear
li
ert
imeIndi
anvil
lageswer
esel
fsuf
fic
ient
.Thes
ewer
ebas
eofi
ndi
anec
onomy
whic
hwasbasedonagri
cul
t ur
e.

LandRevenuewasthemainsourceofStat
e-Income.Col
lec
tionofl
andr
evenuenec
ess
itat
ed
maint
enanceofsomerec
or dsr
elati
ngtocult
ivat
ion.

Inthe16thcent
urySherShahini
ti
atedlandset
tlementoper
ationsforasses
smentand
c
ollec
tionofl
andrevenue.Thi
swasfir
stsyst
emat i
c att
empt.Hec onver
tedshar
eofcropsi
n
v
alue

Laterdur
ingt
herei
gnofAkbar,TodarMalreor
gani
sedtheent
irel
andrev
enuesys
tem by
pi
oneeri
ngsur
veyofland.Andl
andr evenuewaspai
dinonebighaforagazt
hatis43inc
hes
l
ong

I
n1605thi
ssys
tem wasintr
oducedwit
hs omechanges byMal
ikAkbarwhowasminist
erin
Adi
ls
hahi
.Heprov
idedsecuredt
enureandrec
ognisedr
ightofc
ult
ivat
oragai
nstr
evenue.

Dur
ingMarathaempir
einnovat
iver
evenuesyst
em wasi
ntr
oducedbyChhatr
apat
iShi
vaj
i
Mahar
aji
nt hefor
m ofAnnewari
.Revenuewasbas
edonc l
ass
ifi
cat
ionofs
oil
.

WhenBr i
ti
s hc ameinI
ndi
at heyint
roducedchanged rev
enuesy
stem wit
haviewtof ur
ther
,
i
mprov et
hel andrev
enuesys
t em.Thislandr
evenuesy
stemswasbroughtinBengalandthe
adj
acentareas.

Thi
swasc
all
edZamindar
iSys
tem wherei
nprivat
elandl
ordswer
ecr
eat
edasi
nter
medi
ari
es
bet
weent
heGovernmentandtheact
ualcul
ti
vators
.

ZamindariSy
stem wasi
ntroduc
edbyCornwall
isi
n1793throughPermanentSet
tlementAc
t.I
t
wasintr
oducedi npr
ovi
ncesofBengal
,Bi
har,Ori
ssaandVaranas
i.Al
soknownasPermanent
Set
tlementSy s
tem.

Zami
ndar
swererec
ogniz
edasowneroft
hel
ands
.Zami
ndar
swer
egi
vent
her
ight
stoc
oll
ect
ther
entf
rom t
hepeas
ants.

Thereal
iz
edamountwouldbedi
vi
dedi
nto11par
ts.1/
11oft
hes
har
ebel
ongst
oZami
ndar
s
and10/11oft
hesharebel
ongst
oEastI
ndi
aCompany.
InBombayandMadras,anent
irel
ydi
ffer
entlandr
evenuesys
tem wasdevel
oped.I
nthi
s
syst
em,t
heGov er
nmentdir
ect
lydeal
twiththecul
ti
-vator
sorryots
.Thi
ss y
stem c
ametobe
knownasRyot
warisy
stem.

Ryotwar
iSys
tem wasi
ntroducedbyThomasMunroin1820.Maj
orar
easofintr
oduc
tion
i
ncludeMadr
as,Bombay,part
sofAssam andCoor
ghprovi
ncesofBr
iti
shI
ndia.

I
nRyotwar
iSyst
em theowner
shipri
ghtswerehandedovert
othepeas
ant
s.Br
iti
sh
Gov
ernmentc
ollec
tedtax
esdir
ectl
yfrom t
hepeasants
.

Therevenuerat
esofRy
otwar
iSy
stem wer
e50% wher
ethel
andswer
edr
yand60% i
n
i
rri
gatedland.

Mahalwarisy
stem wasintr
oducedi
n1833dur
ingtheper
iodofWi l
li
am Benti
ck.I
twas
i
ntroducedinCentralPr
ovinc
e,Nor
th-
WestFront
ier
,Agra,Punj
ab,Gangeti
cVall
ey,et
cof
Bri
tis
hIndia.

TheMahal
war
isy
stem hadmanypr
ovi
si
onsofbot
htheZami
ndar
iSy
stem andRy
otwar
i
Syst
em.

I
nthissys
tem,t
helandwasdi
vi
dedint
oMahal
s.Eac
hMahalc
ompr
isesoneormor
evi
ll
ages
.
Owners
hipri
ghtswerev
est
edwitht
hepeas
ants.

Andt
hev
il
lagec
ommi
tteewashel
dres
pons
ibl
eforc
oll
ect
ionoft
het
axes
.

Aft
ert
heatt
ainmentofI
ndependenc
ethel
andl
awsbr
oughtt
hepeas
ant
/far
mer
sandSt
ate
i
ntodi
rec
tcontac
t.

Newlawsabol
ished i
ntermedi
ari
esfr
om Zamindar
iSys
tem.Wher
eRy
otwar
isy
stem pr
evai
led
thel
awsprovi
dedprotect
iontothet
enantsofthel
and.

LandRef
ormsi
nIndi
aAf
terI
ndependenc
e

Aftert
heat t
ainmentofIndependenc
eCons t
itut
ionofI
ndiacompelledGovernmenttoadopt
theconceptofsocialj
ust
iceandwelfar
eState.
Thisr
equi
redGov er
nmentt oenactl
awswhich
wil
lservetwinpurposesr
ecoveryofl
andrevenueandprotec
tionofholderofland.

AccordinglyStateLegisl
atur
eenact
edvari
ousl
andlaws.
Forex
ampl eBombayTenancyand
Agri
c ul
turalLandsAc t1948whichcons
ist
edofTi
ll
er'
sDaywhereontenanti
sdeemedt ohav
e
purchasedl andfr
om landlor
d.Thel
andlawsbr
oughtthepeasant
/farmersandStat
einto
di
rectcont act.

Lat
erLandCeil
ingsActwaspas
sedbydi
ffer
entSt
ates
,itf
ixedanupperl
imi
tforpr
ivat
eland
hol
dingsbyper
s on.

Mahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCode1966i
smaj
orl
awont
hes
ubj
ectofadmi
nis
trat
ionof
r
evenueandr
ecov
eryofl
andr
evenueatt
hes
amet
imei
tconf
ersl
andr
ight
stohol
der
.

Al
llandl
awspuni
shesper
sonmaki
ngc
ont
rav
ent
ionofl
aws
.

-
---
---
---
--

Mahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCode1966.

▪
Obj
ectAndAppl
ic
ati
onofCode.

Mahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCodehasbeenenac
tedbyLegi
sl
atur
eofMahar
asht
rawi
th
avi
ew-

I
.t
ouni
fyt
hel
awr
elat
ingt
olandr
evenuei
nst
ateofMahar
asht
ra.

I
I.
tor
ecov
erl
andr
evenue.

I
II
.t
oregul
ateus
eofl
and.

I
nJil
ubhaiNanbhaivStat
eofGujaratAI
R1995S.C.COURTheldthatobj
ectof
Maharas
htraLandRevenueCodeisadmini
str
ati
onoflandr
evenueandrecov
eryof
l
andrevenue.

Maharas
htr
aLandRevenueCodeisappl
ic
abl
et oent
ireSt
ateofMaharasht
ra.Code
l
aysdownimport
antprovi
si
onsrel
ati
ngtoassess
mentands et
tlementofl
andrevenue,
i
tsrec
overy
.

•
Impor
tantDeni
ti
ons
•(Sec
tion2)

(
1)“
agric
ult
uraly
ear”meanstheyearcommencingonsuchdateastheSt
ate
Gover
nmentmay ,bynoti
fi
cati
onintheOff
ici
alGazet
te,appoi
nt.

Agri
cul
turalyeariss
igni
fi
cantfr
om thepoi
ntofvi
ewofr ev
enueac
countandfor
cal
cul
ati
ngr ate(
AnnewariorPai
sewari
)ofc
rops.
Holder
/ownerofl
andshal
lpayannual
rev
enue.

Agr
icul
tur
aly
earmeansy
earc
ommenc
ingf
rom 1s
tApr
il
.

(2)
“al
ienat
ed”meanstr
ansf
err
edinsofarastheri
ght
softheSt ateGover
nmentto
paymentofrentorl
andrev
enueareconcer
ned,whol
lyorpar
tiall
ytotheowner
shi
pof
anyperson.

Def
ini
ti
onsc
lar
ifi
esal
ienat
edmeanst
rans
fer
redei
ther
-

t
opay
mentofr
entorl
andr
evenueor
toowner
shi
pofanyper
son.Butdef
ini
ti
onmaybeinv
okedi
ncont
extofr
ightofSt
ate
Gover
nmenttopay
mentofrentorl
andrev
enue.

(
3)"
boundar
ymar
k"meansanyer
ect
ionwhet
her

ofear
th,s
tone,orot
hermat
eri
al,

andal
soanyhedgeunpl
oughedr
idge,ors
tri
pofgr
ound,

orot
herobj
ectwhet
hernat
uralorar
tif
ici
al,s
etup,empl
oyed,ors
pec
ifi
ed

byas
urv
eyof
fic
erorr
evenueof
fic
erhav
ingaut
hor
ityi
nthatbehal
f

i
nor
dert
odes
ignat
etheboundar
yofanydi
vi
si
onofl
and.

Boundarymar
kisusedt
odes i
gnat
e/ demar
cateboundar
yofdi
vi
si
onofl
and.
Itss
etup
orspeci
fi
edbySurv
eyoffi
cer
sorrevenueoff
icer
.

Maharasht
raLandRevenueCodel
aysdownpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oboundar
ymar
ks
undersect
ions
131-146.

(8)"
est
ate"meansanyi
nteres
tinlandsandt
heaggr
egat
eofs
uchi
nter
est
sves
tedi
naper
son
oraggr
egateofpers
onscapableofhol
dingt
hesame;

(9)"
far
m bui
ldi
ng"meansas
truc
tur
eer
ect
edonl
andas
ses
sedorhel
dfort
hepur
pos
eof
agri
cul
tur
e

foral
loranyoft
hefol
lowingpur
pos
esc
onnec
tedwi
ths
uchl
andoranyot
herl
andbel
ongi
ng
t
oorc ul
ti
vat
edbytheholder

(
a)f
ort
hes
tor
ageofagr
icul
tur
ali
mpl
ement
s,manur
eorf
odder
,

(
b)f
ort
hes
tor
ageofagr
icul
tur
alpr
oduc
e,(
c)f
ors
hel
ter
ingc
att
le,

(
d)f
orr
esi
denc
eofmember
soft
hef
ami
ly
,ser
vant
sort
enant
soft
hehol
der
,

or(
e)f
oranyot
herpur
pos
ewhi
chi
sani
ntegr
alpar
tofhi
scul
ti
vat
ingar
rangement
.

Far
m bui
ldi
ngi
sst
ruc
tureerec
ted/c
reatedbyholderofl
andforpurpos
ess
pec
ifi
edi
n
cl
auses(
atoe)
whi
chareconnect
edwithagri
cul
tureorcul
ti
vat
ion.

(10)"
gaothan"or"
vil
lages
ite"meanst
hel
andi
ncl
udedwi
thi
nthes
iteofav
il
lage,t
ownorc
ity
asdeter
minedbySec ti
on122;

(11)"
Gover
nmentless
ee"meansaper
sonhol
dingl
andf
rom Gov
ernmentunderal
eas
eas
provi
dedbySec
tion38;

(
12)"
tohol
dland"or"
tobeal
andhol
derorhol
derofl
and"meanst
obel
awf
ull
yinpos
ses
sion
ofl
and,whet
hers
uchpos
ses
sioni
sac
tualornot
;

13.Hol
dingsmeansapor
tionofl
andhel
dbyahol
der
.

Hol
dingmaybeofanysizeori
tmaybes epar
atepl
othel
dbyhol
deri
nland.I
t
i
ndi
catesl
awf
ulposses
sionorri
ghtofhol
der.

(
14)
"i
mpr
ovement
"inr
elat
iont
oahol
dingmeans

anywor
kwhi
chaddsmat
eri
all
y

t
ot heval
ueoftheholdi
ngwhichissui
tabl
ether
etoandconsi
stentwiththepurposef
orwhich
i
tisheldandwhich,i
fnotexec
utedontheholdi
ng,i
sei
therexecuteddir
ectl
yforit
sbenef
itor
i
s,aft
erexecut
ion,madedir
ectl
ybenef
ici
altoi
t;

and,s
ubj
ectt
othef
oregoi
ngpr
ovi
si
ons
,inc
ludes
-

(
a)t
heconst
ructi
onoftanks,wel
ls
,waterchannel
s,embankment
sandot
herwor
ksf
or
s
tor
age,s
upplyordi
str
ibuti
onofwaterforagri
cul
turalpur
pos
es;

(
b)t
hec
ons
truc
tionofwor
ksf
ort
hedr
ainageofl
and

orf
ort
hepr
otec
tionofl
andf
rom f
loods
,orf
rom er
osi
onorot
herdamagef
rom wat
er;

(
c)t
hepl
ant
ingoft
reesandt
her
ecl
aimi
ng,c
lear
ing,enc
los
ing,l
evel
li
ngort
err
aci
ngofl
and,

(
d).t
heer
ect
ionofbuil
dingsonorinthevi
cini
tyofthehol
ding,el
sewherethani
nthegoat
han
r
equir
edf
ortheconv
enientorprof
itabl
euseoroccupat
ionoftheholdi
ngs;and

(e)
,therenewalorrecons
truc
tionofanyoft
hef
oregoi
ngwor
ks,oral
ter
ati
onst
her
einor
addit
ionsther
eto;butdoesnotincl
ude

(
i)t
empor
arywel
lsands
uchwat
er-
channel
s;embankment
s,l
evel
li
ngs
,enc
los
uresorot
her
works
,

orpettyal
ter
ati
onsinorr
epair
stosuchworks
,asar
ecommonl
ymadebyc
ult
ivat
orsoft
he
l
ocali
tyintheor
dinar
ycours
e,ofagr
icul
tur
e;or

(i
i)anyworkwhic
hsubst
ant
ial
lydi
minishest
heval
ueofanylandwher
evers
ituat
ed,i
nthe
occupat
ionofanyot
herper
son,whetherasocc
upantort
enant;

(16.) "land"inc
ludesbenefitstoari
seoutofl
and,andthingsatt
achedtotheeart
h,or
permanentlyfast
enedt oanythingatt
achedtot
heear t
h,andalsosharesi
n,orchar
geson,t
he
revenueorrentofvil
lages,orotherdefi
nedpor
tionsofter
rit
ory;

(
17)
.Landl
ord:meansal
ess
or.

(
(18)"
landr
ecor
ds"meansr
ecor
dsmai
ntai
nedundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsof
,orf
ort
hepur
pos
esof
t
hisCodeandi
ncl
udesac
opyofmapsand

plansofafi
naltownplanningscheme,improvementschemeoraschemeofconsol
idat
ionof
holdi
ngswhichhascomei ntoforceinanyareaunderanyl
awinfor
ceintheStat
e&f orwar
ded
toanyrevenueorsur
veyof fi
cerundersuchlaworotherwi
se;

(19)"l
andrev enue"meansallsumsandpay ments,inmoneyreceivedorlegall
yc l
aimabl eby
uoronbehal foft heStateGover
nmentf r
om anyper s
ononac countofanyl andori nterestin
orrightex
er cisableoverl
andheldbyorvestedinhim,underwhatev erdesi
gnations uchs um
maybepay abl eandanyc essorrat
eauthoris
edbyt heStat
eGov ernmentundert hepr ovi
s i
ons
ofanylawf ort het i
mebeinginfor
ce;andincl
udespremium,rent,leasemoney ,quitrent,judi
payablebyaI namdaroranyot herpaymentpr ov
idedunderanyAc t,rul
e,contr
ac tordeedon
accountofanyl and;

(21)“
non-agr
icul
turalas
ses
sment”meanstheass
es s
mentfi
xedonanyl
andunderthe
provi
si
onsofthisCodeorrulest
her
eunderwit
hreferenc
etotheus
eofthel
andforanon-
agri
cul
tur
alpurpose;

( “
25)tooc
c and”meanst
upyl opos
ses
sort
otakepos
ses
sionofl
and;

39)
Sur
veyof
fic
ermeansof
fic
erappoi
ntedunderori
nthemannerpr
ovi
dedbys
ect
ion
8

40)
"tenant
"meansal
ess
ee,whet
herhol
dingunderi
nins
trument
,orunderanor
al
agr
eement,

andincl
udesamor
tgageeofat
enant
'sr
ight
swi
thpos
ses
sion;butdoesnoti
ncl
udea
l
essee

hol
dingdi
rec
tlyundert
heSt
ateGov
ernment
;

(41)
"unoccupi
edl
and"meanst
hel
andi
nav
il
lageot
hert
hant
hel
andhel
dbyan
occupant
,a

t
enantoraGov
ernmentl
ess
ee.

-
---
---
---
---

Enc
roac
hmentonl
and.Sec
tion50.

Encr
oachmentonGov
er nmentl
and,f
ores
horeandwastel
andmaybemade.
Maharas
htr
aLandRevenueCodemadeprovi
si
onforremovalorabat
ementof
enc
roachment.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion50
Ifany encr
oachmenti smadeonanyl andorforeshor
ev es
tedintheState
Governmentlandi
susedf orthepurposeofhawkingorsell
ingarti
cl
eswithoutt
he
sanct
ionofthecompetentauthor
ity
,Collec
torisauthori
sedtos ummaril
yabateor
removeanysuchencr
oac hment

orc
aus
eanyar
tic
lewhat
soev
erhawkedorex
pos
edf
ors
alet
ober
emov
ed

andt
heexpensesi
ncur
redf
ori
tshal
lbel
evi
abl
efr
om t
heper
soni
noc
cupat
ionoft
he
l
andenc
roached.

Accor
dingtocl
ause(2)theper
sonwhomadesuchencroac
hmentorwhoi
sin
unaut
hori
sedoccupati
onofthelands
oenc
roachedupon,shal
lpay
,

i
fthel
andenc
roac
heduponf
ormspar
tofanas
ses
seds
urv
eynumber
,

as
ses
smentf
ort
heent
irenumberf
ort
hewhol
eper
iodoft
heenc
roac
hment

andi
fthel
andhasnotbeenas
ses
sed,

suc hamountofasses
smentwhi c
hwoul dbelev
iabl
ef ort
hesai
dperi
odinthesame
vil
lageonthesameex tentofsimil
arl
andus edforthesamepur
pose.Suchpers
onshal
l
alsopayfinewhic
hs hallbenotlessthanfiv
erupeesbutnotmorethanonethous
and
rupeesift
helandisusedf oranagri
cultur
alpur
pose,

andifusedf
orapur
pos
eot
hert
hanagr
icul
tur
esuc
hfi
nenotex
ceedi
ngt
wot
hous
and
rupees
.

Thepersoncaughthawkingorsel
li
nganyart
icl
ess
hallbel
iabl
etopayf
ineofas
um
notexc
eedingfif
tyrupeesastheColl
ect
ormaydeter
mine.

Cl
aus
e(3)l
aysdownt
hat t
heCol
lec
tormay

prohibi
torr
equir
etheabat
ementorr
emov
alofenc
roac
hment
sonanys
uchl
ands
,by
servi
ngnoti
ce.

Andshallf
ixi
nsuchnoti
ceadate,whi
chs
hal
lbear
eas
onabl
eti
meaf
ters
uchnot
ice,
onwhichthesameshal
ltakeef
fect
.

Ever
ypersonwhomakes,caus
es,permi
tsorconti
nuesanyenc
roac
hmentonanyl
and
r
efer
redt
oi nanot
icei
ssuedundersub-
sect
ion(3)shal
l,

i
naddi
ti
ont
othepenal
ti
ess
pec
ifi
edi
nsub-
sec
tion(
2)

bel
iabl
eatt
hedi
scr
eti
onoft
heCol
lec
tort
oaf
inenotex
ceedi
ngt
went
y-f
iver
upeesi
n
t
hec
aseofenc
roac
hmentf
oragr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
es

andfi
ftyr
upeesinotherc
asesf
orever
ydayduri
nganyport
ionofwhichthe
encr
oachmentconti
nuesaft
ert
hedatefi
xedf
orthenot
icetotakeef
fect
.

Anorderpas
sedbytheColl
ect
orunderthi
ssect
ionshal
lbes
ubj
ectt
oappealand
rev
isi
oninaccor
danc
ewiththepr
ovis
ionsofthi
sCode.

Accordi
ngtosecti
on51theColl
ector
,mayregul
ari
seenc
roac
hmenti
ftheper
son
makingtheencr
oachmentsodesi
restor
egul
ari
se.

TheCol l
ect
ormayc har
get hesaidpersonasum notexceedi
ngfi
veti
mest heval
ueof
thelandsoenc r
oacheduponandt ofixanass
es smentnotexc
eedi
ngfiv
etimesthe
ordinar
yannuallandrevenuethereonandtogr antthel
andtotheenc
roacheronsuch
termsandc ondi
tionsastheCollectormayimpos e.

Andthent
ocaus
ethes
aidl
andt
obeent
eredi
nlandr
ecor
dsi
nthenameoft
hes
aid
per
son.

Howevernolands
hal
lbegr
ant
edasaf
ores
aid,
unl
esst
heCol
lec
torgi
vespubl
icnot
ice
ofhi
sint
enti
onsotodo.

Andhewil
lhaveconsi
deranyobj
ect
ionsors
ugges
tionswhi
chmayber
ecei
vedbyhi
m
bef
oregr
anti
ngthelandasafor
esai
d.

Theexpensesi
ncur
redingivi
ngs uchpubli
cnot
iceshal
lbepai
dbyt hepersonmaki
ng
theencroac
hmentandonhi sfai
lur
et odosoondemandwithi
nar easonablet
ime
expens
ess hal
lberec
overedfrom him as
,anar
rearofl
andrev
enue.

-
---
---
---

Rel
inqui
shmentAndSur
renderofLand.Sec
tion:55

Rel
inqui
shmentmeanss
urr
ender
ingorr
esi
gni
ngr
ight
sinl
and.I
tal
someansr
eleas
e
ofcai
manorporti
onofl
and.

Mahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCodel
aysdownpr
ovi
si
onr
elat
ingt
orel
inqui
shment
.

Anoc
cupantmayr
eli
nqui
shhi
sland,t
hati
s,r
esi
gn,i
nfav
ouroft
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

Butsubj
ecttoanyri
ghts
,tenures
,encumbranc
esorequi
ti
eslawful
lys
ubs
ist
ingi
n
f
avourofanypers
onotherthantheGover
nmentortheoccupant
,.

Rel
inqui
shmentmaybeef
fec
tedbygi
vi
ngnot
icei
nwr
iti
ngt
otheTahs
il
darnotl
ess
t
hant
hir
tyday
sbef
oret
hedat
eofc
ommenc
ementoft
heagr
icul
tur
aly
ear
.

Andhes
hal
lceas
etobeanoc
cupantf
rom t
heagr
icul
tur
aly
earnex
tfol
lowi
ngs
uch
dat
e.

Howeverpor
tionoflandwhi
chi
sles
sinext
entthanawholes
urv
eynumberor
subdi
vi
si
onofas ur
veynumbermaynotberel
inqui
shed.

InkadappavLi
ngappa51.Bom.L.
R.173.Cour
thel
dt hatf
orm ofnoti
cei
snotmater
ial
onlydesi
ret
oreli
nqui
shlandi
sv i
talwhi
chcanbestatedi
nappli
cati
onandconf
irmed
byTahsil
dar
.

•
Rightofwayt
orel
inqui
shedl
and:

Accordingtosecti
on57Ifanypersonrel
inquishesland,thewaytowhich,
li
esthr
ough
otherlandwhichheretai
ns,ther
ightofwayt hrought helands
oret
ainedshal
l
conti
nuet othefutur
eholderoft
helandr el
inquis
hed.

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---
---
---

Modul
e02

Thi
smodul
econs
ist
soft
otalf
iveheadswhi
char
e-

1.
LandRevenue:Thi
sheadi
ncl
udesl
iabi
li
tyandass
essmentofl
andrev
enue.Pr
ovi
si
ons
ofSec
tions64-78ofMahar
ashtr
aLandRevenueCode1966dealwi
ththi
s.

I
ntr
oduc
tion

I
ndi aisagr
ari
anState.Landrevenuei simport
antsour
c eofi
ncomef orStat
e.Land
RevenueSy st
em wasex i
sti
nginI ndiaevenbefor
eBrit
ishrul
e.Previousl
yki
ngwas
regardedowneroflandands oc ulti
vatorwasres
ponsibl
etopays hareofcr
opsas
revenuetoking.

Whenc ur
renc
ysyst
em camei ntoexi
stenceattemptwasmadet orecoverrev
enuein
t
hef orm ofmoneyinpropor
tiontovalueofc r
ops.Chhatrapat
iShi
v aj
iMaharajdur
ing
Marathaempireest
abli
shedinnovat
iverevenuesystem byaboli
shi
ngs yst
em of
j
ahagirdari
.

Duri
ngBr
iti
shrul
einIndi
aBr
iti
shGovernmentmaintainedr
ayatwar
isystem ofl
and
rev
enuewhereincul
ti
vat
orwasdi
rec
t l
yrespons
ibl
ef orpaymentofrev
enue.

Aft
erindependenc
eMaharasht
raSt
ateGover
nmentenac
tedMahar asht
raLand
RevenueCode1966byexerc
isi
ngpowergr
antedbyConst
itut
ionofIndi
a.Themai
n
pur
pos
eofCodei
scol
lec
tionofr
evenue.Pr
eambl
eofCodec
lar
ifi
esi
t'
sobj
ect
.

Supr
emeCourtofi
ndi
ainJi
lubhaiNanbhaivStat
eofGuj
aratAIR1995cl
ari
fi
edthi
s
andhel
dthatr
ecov
eryofl
andrevenueisobjec
tofCodei
npithandsubs
tance.

Pr
ovi
si
onsRel
ati
ngt
olandRev
enue:

1.
Alll
andsl
iabl
etopayr
evenueunl
esss
pec
ial
lyex
empt
ed.Sec
tion64.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion64al
llandst
opayl
andr
evenuet
oSt
ateGov
ernment
.

Itlay
sdownt hatallland,whetherappl
iedt
oagri
cul
turalorotherpurpos
es,and
wherevers
ituate,i
sliabletothepaymentoflandr
evenuet otheStat
eGov er
nmentas
provi
dedbyorundert hisCode.

Codeshal
lnotaff
ectthepoweroftheLegis
lat
ureoft
heStat
etodi
rec
tthel
evyof
rev
enueonalll
andunderwhateverti
tl
etheymaybeheldandsol
ongasthe
exi
genci
esoftheStat
emayr endersuchl
evyneces
sar
y.

Ac cor
dingtosecti
on169clai
m oflandr
evenueisparamountchar
geonthel
andt
han
allunsecur
edclai
msagai
nstanylandorhol
derthereof.
Caseonthepoi
nti
sThane
JantaSahakar
iBankvCommi ssi
onerofSal
eTax(2006)

2.Li
abi
li
tyofal
luv
iall
andst
othel
andr
evenue.
Sec
tion65

Secti
on65l aysdownl iabi
li
tyofall
uviallandforr evenue.Ac cordingt os ection65al l
all
uviallands,newly-f
or medisl
ands,orabandonedr i
v er-bedswhi chv es tunderanyl aw
forthet imebeingi nforceinanyholderofali
enatedl and,s hallbes ubj ecttot he
paymentofl and,ands ubj
ectt ot
hes ameprivi
leges,c onditions,orr es tri
cti
onsasar e
appli
c abletotheor i
ginalholdi
nginvirt
ueofwhi chsuc hl ands,islands ,orr i
ver-bedsso
vestint hesaidholder.

Butnolandrevenueshal
lbelev
iablei
nr espec
tofanys
uchl
ands,is
landsorri
ver
-beds
unti
lorunlesst
heareaofthesameex ceedsoneacr
eandal
soex
c eedsone-t
enthof
theareaofthesai
dorigi
nalhol
ding.

3.
Ass
ess
mentofl
andr
evenuei
ncas
esofdi
luv
ion.Sec
tion66.

Acc ordi
ngtos ec
tion66ev er
yhol
deroflandpayi
nglandr ev
enueinrespec
tther
eof
shallbeentit
ledtoadec r
easeofass
essmentifanyporti
ont her
eofnotbei
nglessthan
halfanac r
einextent,i
slostbydi
luv
ion.Andtheholdershallbeli
abl
eforpaymentof
l
andr
evenueonr
eappear
anc
eoft
hel
ands
olos
tbydi
luv
ionnotl
esst
hanhal
fanac
re
i
next
ent.

4.Manner ofas
ses
smentl
andal
ter
ati
on.
Sec
tion67.

Secti
on67l ay
sdownmanneri nwhichlandr
evenuei
sassessed.Accordi
ng to
sect
ion 67 thelandrevenuelevi
abl
eonanylandundertheprovi
sionsofthis
Codes hal
lbeassessed,orshallbedeemedtohavebeenasses
s edwi
thr ef
erenc
et o
theuseoft hel
and,––

(
a)f
ort
hepur
pos
eofagr
icul
tur
e,

(
b)f
ort
hepur
pos
eofr
esi
denc
e,

(
c)f
ort
hepur
pos
eofi
ndus
try
,

(
d)f
ort
hepur
pos
eofc
ommer
ce,

(
e)f
oranyot
herpur
pos
e.

Wher
elandas
ses
sedt
oagr
icul
tur
eisus
edf
ornon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
esorv
icev
ers
a
or

Landas sessedt
oonenon- agri
cul
turalus
ei susedforanothernon-agr
icult
ural
purpose,thentheassess
mentf i
xedundert heprov
isionsofthi
sCodes hal
lbeli
ableto
bealteredandasses
s edatarateinaccordancewit
ht hepurposeforwhichitisusedor
i
sper mittedtobeused.

Wher
elandhel
dfreeofas
sessmentoncondit
ionofbei
ngus
edforanypur
pos
eis
us
edatanyti
meforanyotherpur
pose,i
tshal
lbeli
abl
etoas
ses
sment.

•
Ass
ess
mentbywhom t
obef
ixed.

Acc
ordingtosec
tion68assessmentofl
andforr
evenuepay
ments
hal
lbef
ixedby
Col
lec
torfort
heperiodofninety
-ni
neyear
s.

Sec
tion68lay
sdownt
hatl
andswhi
char
enotwhol
lyex
emptf
rom t
hepay
mentof
l
andrevenueand

onwhi
chtheass
ess
menthasnotbeenf
ixedordeemedt
ofi
xedbef
ixedundert
he
pr
ovi
si
onsofthi
sCode,

theassess
mentoftheamounttobepai
daslandrev
enueshal
l,bef
ixedbyt
he
Col
lec
tor,fors
uchper
iodnotex
ceedi
ngninet
y-ni
neyear
s.
Thisasses
smentiss
ubj
ectt
oStat
eGov ernment
s'generalors
peci
alordersmadei
n
thatbehal
f,andt
heamount
sdueacc
ordingtosuchassessments
hallbelevi
edonal
l
suchlands.

Howev
eri
nthec
aseofl
andspar
tial
lyex
emptf
rom l
andr
evenueor

theli
abi
li
tyofwhic
hissubj
ectt
ospeci
alcondi
ti
onsorres
tri
cti
ons,infix
ingthe
asses
smentandlevyofl
andrev
enue,al
lri
ghtsl
egal
lys
ubs i
sti
ng,s
hallbeconsi
der
ed.

whereanyl
andwhi
chwaswhol
lyorpar
tial
lyex
emptf
rom pay
mentofl
andr
evenue
hasc
easedt
obesoexempt
,

Col
lect
ormayf ixtheass
ess
mentoftheamountt
obepai
dasl
andr
evenueons
uch
l
andwitheff
ectfrom t
hedateonwhi
chsuchl
andceas
edt
obesoex
emptorany
s
ubsequentdat
eashemaydeem fit
.

Aft
ertheexpi
ryoft
heper
iodforwhi
chtheasses
smentofanylandi
sfi
xedunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1),t
heColl
ect
ormay,f
rom t
imetoti
me,rev
iset
hes ame.

Theassess
mentsorevi
sedshal
lbef
ixedeac
hti
meforsuchper
iodnotexceeding
ni
nety
-nineyear
sastheStat
eGover
nmentmay,bygener
alors
peci
alorder,speci
fy.

Coll
ectorisper mitt
edundercl
aus
e3ofpresens
ect
ionfordet
erminingand
regi
steri
ngt heproperf
ullas
ses
smentonl
andswhol
lyex
emptfrom thepaymentof
l
andr evenue.

Theass
essmentsodet
erminedandregi
ster
edshal
lbelev
iabl
eassoonast he
exempt
ioniswi
thdr
awn.andshal
lbedeemedasasses
smentfixedundert
hissec
tion.

Accordi
ngtosecti
on69t hes ettl
ementoftheasses
s mentofeac
hport
ionofland,or
surv
eynumber,tolandrevenue,shal
lbemadewi ththepersonwhoi
sprimar
il
y
res
ponsibl
etotheStateGov ernmentfort
hes ame.

Sec
tion70isonther
ateofwat
erves
tedi
nSt
ateGov
ernmentandwhi
chmaybe
per
mi t
tedf
orusebyl
andhol
der
s.

Suchrat
eshal
lbedet
ermi
ned byl
awr
elat
ingt
oir
rigat
ioni
nfor
cei
nanypar
tof
theSt
ate.

Suchr
atesshal
lbeli
abl
etorevis
ionatsuc
hperiodastheStat
eGover
nments
hal
lfr
om
ti
metotimedeter
mine,andshallber
ecover
abl
easlandrev
enue.
Therat
eforuseofwaterf
oragri
cul
turalpur
posesshal
lbeoner
upeeors
uchamount
asmaybepres
cri
bed,whic
heveri
shigherperyearperhol
der
.

Ac
c or
dingtosect
io71fi
xi
ngoftheasses
smentundertheprovi
sionsoft
hisCode
s
hallbestr
ict
lyl
imit
edtotheas
sessmentoft
heordinar
ylandrevenue.

Andt hereisnobartothelev
yofanycesswhic
hmaybel evi
ed lawful
ybytheStat
e
Gov er
nmentforpurposesofl
ocali
mprov
ement ,s
uchass chool
s,vi
ll
ageanddis
tri
ct
roads,br
idges,t
anks,wel
ls
,accommodat
ionfortrav
ell
ers
.

Sect
ion72i simport
ant.Itgiv
espr i
ori
tyt
olandrevenue.Itlay
sdownthatar
rearsof
l
andr evenuedueonac countoflandbyanylandhol
dershallbeapar
amountchar
geon
theholdingandeverypartthereof.

Sofail
urei
npaymentshal
lmaketheoccupancyoral
ienat
edholdi
ngt
oget
herwi
thal
l
ri
ghtsoftheoc
cupantorhol
deroveral
ltr
ees,cr
ops,buil
dings

andt
hingsat
tac
hedt
othel
andorper
manent
lyf
ast
enedt
oany
thi
ngat
tac
hedt
othe
l
and,

l
iabl
etof
orf
eit
ure.

TheCol
lec
tormayl
evyal
lsumsi
nar
rear
sbys
aleoft
heoc
cupanc
yoral
ienat
edhol
ding.

or

mayot
her
wis
edi
spos
eofs
uchoc
cupanc
yoral
ienat
edhol
ding.

andsuchoccupancyoral
ienat
edholdi
ngwhendispos
edof,whet
herbysaleas
afor
esai
d,orinanymannerothert
hant hatpr
ovi
dedbys
ub-sect
ions(
2)and(3)s
hal
l,

unl
esst
heCol
lec
torot
her
wis
edi
rec
ts,

bedeemedt obef reedfr

om allt
enures
,right
s,encumbranc
esandequit
ies
t
her
etofor
ec reatedinfavourofanypers
onot hert
hantheGovernmentinres
pec
tof
s
uchoccupanc yorholdi
ng.

Whereanyoccupancyoral
ienatedhol
dingisfor
fei
tedundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ub-
s
ecti
on(1),t
heCollect
orshallt
akepossess
ion.

Andmayleas
eittot
hefor
meroc cupantors
uper
iorhol
dert
her
eof
,ort
oanyot
her
per
sonf
oraperi
odofoneyearatatime.

Howev
ert
het
otalhol
dingofs
uchhol
deror
,ast
hec
asemaybe,t
heper
sondoesnot
ex
ceedt
hec
eil
ingf
ixedi
nthatbehal
funderanyl
awf
ort
het
imebei
ngi
nfor
ce.

If,
withi
nt hreey earsoft hedateonwhi chtheColl
ectort
akespossessi
onoft he
occupancyoral ienatedholdingundersub-sect
ion(2)thefor
meroc cupantorsuper
ior
hol
dert hereof,appliesforrestorat
ionoftheoccupancyoral
ienat
edhol di
ng,the
Coll
ectormayr estoretheoc cupancyorali
enat
edholdingtotheoccupant.

or

t
othes
uper
iorhol
der

ont heoc c
upantorsuperi
orhol
derpayi
ngar
rear
sduefrom hi
m asl
andrev
enueanda
penalt
yequaltothreeti
mestheassess
mentorsucht
imestheasses
smentasmaybe
prescr
ibed,whi
cheveri
shigher.

Ift
heoc cupantorsuperi
orhol
derf
ail
stogettheoccupanc
yoralienatedhol
ding
r
estoredtohim wit
hintheperi
odaf
oresai
d,t
heoc c
upancyoral
ienatedholdi
ngorpart
t
hereofshallbedi
sposedofbytheColl
ect
orinthemannerprov
idedi nsub-sect
ion(
1).

Accor
dingt
osecti
on73theColl
ect
or,int
heeventoft
hef
orf
eit
ureofahol
ding
thr
oughanydef
aulti
npaymentorotherf
ail
ure

t
otakei
mmediateposs
essi
onofs uc
hholdi
ngandt
odispos
eofthesamebypl
aci
ngi
t
i
ntheposs
ess
ionofthepurchas
erorot
herper
sonent
itl
edtohol
dit
.

Sect
ion74l ay
sdownthat forf
eitureofanyoccupancythr
oughnon- pay
mentofthe
l
andr ev
enuemaybeprevent
edbypay i
nglandr
ev enuebycertai
npers
onsint
eres
ted
topayonbehalfofs
uchpersonallsumsdueonac countoflandrev
enue.

Secti
on75laysdownthatregi
stershallbekept
,bytheColl
ect
or,ofal
llandst
he
ali
enati
onofwhichhasbeenestabl
ishedorrecogni
zedunderthepr
ovi
sionsofanyl
aw
fortheti
mebeinginfor
ce.

Andwheni
tshallbeshowntot
hes at
isfact
ionoftheCol
lec
torthatanysanadi
s
gr
ant
edinr
elat
iont oanys
uchal
ienatedlandshasbeenpermanentl
ylos
tordestr
oyed,
hemay

s
ubj
ectt
other
ulesandt
hepay
mentoft
hef
eespr
esc
ribedbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,

granttoanypersonwhom hemaydeem entit

ledtot hesameacert
ifi
edextractf
rom
thesai
dregi
ster
,whichshal
lbeendorsedbytheCollectort
otheeff
ectthatithas
beenis
suedinli
euofthesanadsai
dt ohavebeenlostordestr
oyedandshallbe
deemedtobeasv al
idaproofofti
tl
easthesaidsanad.
Sec
tion76lay
sdownt hat ev
eryrev
enueoffi
cerandever
yTal
athir
ecei
vi
ngpay
ment
ofl
andr ev
enueshal
lgiveawrit
tenrec
eiptf
orthesame.

Everysuperi
orholderwhoisent
itl
edtorec
overdi
rec
tfrom aninfer
iorholderanysum
dueonac countofrentorl
andrevenues
hallgi
vetosuc
hinf er
iorholderawrit
ten
recei
ptforthesame.

Acc
ordingt
os ect
ion77I
fanyper
sonfai
lst
ogiv
ear ec
eiptasr
equi
redbys
ect
ion76,
heshal
lbel
iablet
oapenalt
ynotexc
eedi
ngdoublet
heamountpaid.

Sect
ion78laysdowngr oundsforreduc
tion,suspensi
onorremi
s s
ioninwholeori
n
par
toflandrevenue.
Itmaybegr antedduet ofail
ureofc
rops,f
loods,oranyot
her
nat
uralcal
amityorforanyreas
on.

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--

2.Asses
smentandSet
tlementofLandRev
enueofAgr
icul
tur
alLands
.(Sec
tion90-
107.
)

I
ntr
oduc
tion.

Mahar as
htraLandRevenueCodeisenact
edwit
hav iewtorecoverl
and
revenue.
PresentCodeiscommonc odeonthesubj
ectoflandrevenue.Codei
s
appli
cabletoenti
reStateofMahar
ashtr
a.

Presentcodeconsi
stsofmanyi
mportantpr
ovisi
onsrel
ati
ngtolandr ev
enue,per
sons
responsi
bletopayandasses
smentoflandr
evenue.Codehaspr
es c
ribedauthori
ti
es
forit
sadmi ni
str
ati
on.

Landrev
enueisi
mpor tantsour
ceofi
ncomef
orStat
eGovernmen.Socodehasgi
ven
pri
ori
tytothecl
aim ofstat
eGov er
nmentforr
evenueov
erothercl
aims.

Fol
lowi
ngarei
mpor t
antprov
isi
onsr
elat
ingt
oas
ses
smentands
ett
lementofl
and
rev
enueofagr
icul
tur
all
and-

1.As
ses
smenthowdet
ermi
neds
ect
ion94.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion94t
heas
ses
smentofl
andr
evenuei
smade-

bydi
vi
dingl
andi
ntogr
oupsand

byf
ixi
ngs
tandar
drat
eforeac
hgr
oup.

Sec
tion94l
aysdownt
hatal
llandsi
nres
pec
tofwhi
chas
ett
lementhasbeendi
rec
ted
unders
ect
ion92and

whi
char
enotwhol
lyex
emptf
rom t
hepay
mentofl
andr
evenues
hal
l

subj
ectt
othel
imi
tat
ionsc
ont
ainedi
nthef
irs
tpr
ovi
si
otos
ub-
sec
tion(
1)ofs
ect
ion
68

bedet
ermi
ned

-bydi
vi
dingt
hel
andst
obes
ett
ledi
ntogr
oupsand

-byfi
xi
ngthestandar
drat
esforeac
hgr
oupi
nac
cor
danc
ewi
tht
her
ulesmadebyt
he
St
ateGover
nmentinthi
sbehal
f.

Accordi
ngtoclaus
e( 2)f
ort
hispur
posemat
tersspec
ifi
edinclaus
e(a)oft
hiss
ub-
sec
tionshal
lbetakenint
oconsi
der
ati
oni
nforminggroups:––

(
a)(
i)
phy
sic
alc
onf
igur
ati
on,

(
ii
)cl
imat
eandr
ainf
all
,

(
ii
i)
pri
ces
,and

(
iv)
yiel
dofpr
inc
ipalc
rops;

(
b)(
i)
mar
ket
s,

(
ii
)communi
cat
ions
,

(
ii
i)
standar
dofhus
bandr
y,

(
iv)
popul
ati
onands
uppl
yofl
abour
,

(
v)agr
icul
tur
alr
esour
ces
,

(
vi)
var
iat
ionsi
nthear
eaofoc
cupi
edandc
ult
ivat
edl
andsdur
ingt
hel
astt
hir
tyy
ear
s,

(
vii
)wages
,

(
vii
i)or
dinaryexpensesofcult
ivat
ingpr
incipalc
rops
,inc
ludi
ngt
hev
alueoft
hel
abour
i
nc ult
ivat
ingthelandintermsofwages .

Clause3)ofCodes tat
esthatlandrevenueasses
smentofindi
vi
duals
urveynumber
s
ands ub-div
isi
onsshal
lbefi
xedbyt heSettl
ementOffi
ceronthebasi
softhei
r
cl
as s
ifi
cat
ionvaluei
nthepresc
r i
bedmanner .
Sec
tion 90(
d)def
inedgr
oupmeans

al
llandsi
naz
one,

whichint
heopi
nionoft
heSt
ateGov
ernmentoranof
fic
eraut
hor
isedbyi
tint
his
behal
f,

aresuf
fic
ientl
yhomogeneousi
nrespec
tofmatt
ersenumerat
edi
nsub-
sec
tion(
2)of
sect
ion94f ort
hepur
poseofasses
smentofl
andrevenue.

And90(e)defi
nes s
ettl
ementwhicumeanstheresul
toftheoper
ati
onsc
onduc
tedi
n
azonet
odet er
minethelandr
evenueas
sessmenttherei
n.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e(f
)“s
tandar
drat
e”means

wi
thr
efer
enc
etoanypar
tic
ularc
las
sofl
and,

t
heval
uenotexceedi
ngone-t
wenty-f
ift
hoftheaver
agey
iel
dofc
ropsperac
ref
or
t
hatcl
assofl
andofsixt
eenannasc
lassi
fic
ati
on.

zonemeansal
ocalar
eac
ompr
isi
ngat
alukaoragr
oupoft
alukasoroneormor
e
dis
tri
cts

whichi
ntheopi
nionoft
heSt
ateGov
ernmentoranof
fic
eraut
hor
isedbyi
t,i
nthi
s
behal
f

i
scont
iguousandhomeogeneousi
nres
pec
tof
—

(
i)phy
sic
alc
onf
igur
ati
on,

(
ii
)cl
imat
eandr
ainf
all
,

(
ii
i)pr
inc
ipalc
ropsgr
owni
nthel
ocalar
ea,and

(
iv)s
oilc
har
act
eri
sti
cs.

Ac
cor
dingt
o91bef
oredi
rec
tingas
ett
lementor

f
res
hset
tlementofanyl
andunders
ett
lements
ect
ion92

t
heSt
ateGov er
nments
hal
lcaus
eaf
orec
astoft
hepr
obabl
eres
ult
soft
hes
ett
lement
t
obeprepar
ed.

And not
iceofthei
ntenti
onoftheSt
ateGov
ernmentt
omakethesettl
ement
t
oget
herwithpr
oposalsbasedont
hesai
dfor
ecastf
ort
hedet
erminat
ionorrev
isi
on
oflandrevenueandt
het
ermf
orwhi
cht
hes
ett
lementi
stobemades
hal
lbepubl
i
shed
forobject
ions.

Suchforecas
tandproposal
sshal
lbedes
patchedtoever
ymemberofeac
hoft
het
wo
housesoftheStat
eLegis
latur
enotl
essthentwent
y-oneday
sbef
orethe
commenc ementofasessi
onther
eof.

Anymemberoft heStat
eLegi
slat
uredesi
ringtomakeanymodifi
cati
onint
he
proposal
sshallgi
venoti
ceofmotionnotlaterthant
heopeni
ngdayoftheses
sionand
theStateGovernmentshal
lar
rangefordi
s cuss
ionofsuc
hmotionineac
hHouse.

TheSt ateGover
nmentshallac
ceptanyresolut
ionc onc er
ningthesaidf
orecastand
propos al
sinwhi
chboththeHous esconcurands halltakeintoconsi
der
ati
onany
objecti
onswhichmayber ecei
vedfrom t
hepers onsc oncerned,bef
oredir
ecti
ngt he
settl
ement .

TheStat
eGov ernmentmayatGov ernmentanyt
imedir
ectasett
lementofl
and
r
evenueofanylandasan“ori
ginalsett
lementorafr
eshsett
lement.

s
ett
lementofhasbeenmadeunders
ect
ion79:l
andr
evenueofanyl
ands
.

Howev er,noenhans
mentofas
sessments
hal
ltakeef
fec
tbef
oret
heex
pir
ati
onoft
he
set
tlementfortheti
mebei
nginfor
ce.

Ac c
ordi
ngtosect
ion93set
tlements hallr
emaininforc
ef oraperi
odofthi
rtyyear
s
and theex
pir
yofs uc
hperi
od,thes ett
lementshallc
ontinuetoremai
ninforceunti
l
thecommencementofthet
er m ofafreshset
tlement.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion96i
nmaki
ngas
ett
lement

Set
tlementOf
fic
er-

1.s
halldi
vi
det hel
andst
obes
ett
ledi
ntogr
oupsaspr
ovi
dedbys
ect
ionpr
oceedf
or
makingset
tlement
.

2.Hes
hallasc
ert
aini
nthepresc
ribedmannert
heav
eragey
iel
dofc
ropsofl
andsf
or
t
hepurposesoft
hesett
lement;

3.Heshallt
henfi
xstandar
dr at
esf
oreachcl
assofl
andineac
hgroupsona
consi
derati
onoftherel
evantmatt
ersaspr
ovidedi
nsub-s
ecti
on(
2)ofsec
tion94;

4.Heshal
lholdanenqui
ryinthemannerpr
esc
ribedbyr
ulesmadeundert
hisCodef
or
thepurposeofthi
ssect
ion.
5.
Heshallsubmitt
otheColl
ect
ori
ntheprescri
bedmannerar
epor
t(s
ett
lementr
epor
t
)cont
aininghispr
oposal
sfort
heset
tlement
.

Accordi
ngto 90onsubmi
ssi
onofasett
lementr
epor
t,t
heCol
lec
tors
hal
lcaus
e
repor
tt obepubl
is
hedint
hepres
cri
bedmanner.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e(2)anot
icei
nMar
athis
tat
ingf
oreac
hcl
assofl
andi
nthev
il
lage-

theexi
sti
ngs t
andardrat
eandt heex
tentofanyi
ncr
eas
eordec
reas
epr
opos
ed
t
herei
nbyt heSett
lementOff
icer

Thenoti
ceshal
lal
sos t
atethatanyper
sonmaysubmittotheCol
lectorhi
sobj
ect
ions
i
nwritti
ngtotheproposal
scontai
nedint
heset
tlementrepor
twi
t hi
nt hr
eemont
hs
fr
om thedat
eofsuc hnoti
ce.

Sect
ions98laysdownthat af tert
akingint
oconsider
ationsuchobject
ionsasmay
hav
ebeenGov ernmentreceiv
edbyhim,theColl
ectorshal
lforwardtotheState
Governmentsett
lementreportwi
threportwi
thhisremarksthereon.

Acc
ordingtosec
tion99 anyper
sonaggr
iev
edbyt
her
epor
tpubl
is
hedbyt
he
Col
lec
torundersecti
on97may

wi
thi
ntwomont
hsf
rom t
hedat
eofnot
iceunders
ub-
sec
tion

appl
ytot
heSt
ateGov
ernmentf
orr
efer
enc
etot
heMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal
.

Ondepos i
ti
ng amountofc ost
sasmaybepr escri
bed,theStateGover
nments hall
di
rec tthereporttobesentt otheRevenueTribunalf
orinquiry
.TheRevenueTribunal
aft
ermaki ngani nqui
ryi
nt hemannerpr escri
bedshalls
ubmi tit
sownopinionont he
objectionsrai
sedandons uchot hermatter
sasmayber efer
redtoitbytheState
Gov ernment .

TheStateGov
ernmentmaymaker
ulesf
ort
her
efundoft
hewhol
eoranypor
tionof
thecosti
nsuchcas
esasi
tdeemsfi
t.

Secti
on100s tat
esthat s
ett
lementreport
,togetherwit
htheobjecti
ons,i
fany
,
rec
eivedthereonandtheopini
onoftheRevenueTribunalonaref
erence,,madetoi
t
undersec
t i
on99s hal
lbeconsi
der
edbyt heState

Gov
ernment
,whi
chmaypas
ssuc
hor
dert
her
eonasi
tmaydeem f
it.

Howevernoincr
eas
einthes
tandar
drat
epr
opos
edi
nthes
ett
lementr
epor
tshal
lbe
madebytheStat
eGover
nment
unlessaf
reshnot
iceaspr
ovi
dedinsec
tion97hasbeenpubl
is
hedineachvil
lage
affect
edbysuchr
atesandobj
ect
ionsr
ec ei
ved,i
fany
,hav
ebeenconsi
deredbythe
StateGover
nment.

Thesettl
ementr epor
t,togetherwit
hobj ecti
ons ,ifany,r
ecei
vedthereonandt he
opini
onoft heRevenueTribunalonar ef
erenc e,ifany,madetoitunders ecti
on99and
theorderspassedbytheSt ateGovernmentunders ub-s
ecti
on(1)shallals
obel ai
don
theTableofeachHous eoft heStat
eLegi s
latur

Theorder
spas
sedbytheSt
ateGov
ernments
hal
lbef
inalands
hal
lnotbec
all
edi
n
ques
tioni
nanyCour
t.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion102aftertheStat
eGov er
nmenthaspas sedordersundersecti
on
100andnoticeofthesamehasbeengiveninthepresc
ribedmanner ,t
hes et
tlement
shal
lbedeemedt ohavebeenintr
oducedandthelandrevenueaccordi
ngt osuch
sett
lementshal
lbelev
iedfr
om suchdateastheStateGovernmentmaydi rect.

Howeverthedif
fer
encebetweent
heoldandthenewassessmentofal
llandsshal
lbe
remi
ttedandtherevi
sedas
s es
sments
hallbel
evi
edonl
yf r
om thenextf
ollowi
ngyear
.

Anyoccupantwhomaybedissat
isf
iedwiththeincr
easedrat
eimposedbysuchnew
ass
essmentonanyofthesur
veynumber sorsub-di
visi
onsofsur
veynumbershel
dby
hi
ms hal
lrecei
vear
emissi
onoftheincr
eases oi
mpos ed.

Sect
io103s t
atest
hatanypers
onclai
mi ngtohol
dwholl
yorpart
lyf
reeoflandrevenue
asagai
nsttheStat
eGov er
nmentanylandshal
lbeboundtoprov
ehisti
tl
et her
etoto
thesat
isf
acti
onoftheSettl
ementOff
icer.

I
fheproveshist
itl
e,t
hec
ases
hal
lber
epor
tedf
ort
heor
der
soft
heSt
ate
Gov
ernment.

HoweverSettl
ementOffi
cerisnotpr
event
ed f r
om det
ermi
ningandres
ist
eri
ngthe
pr
operful
las
sessmentonlandswholl
yexemptf
rom t
hepaymentoflandr
evenue.

Andassess
ment deter
minedandr
egi
ster
eds
hal
lbel
evi
abl
eass
oonast
he
exempt
ioniswi
thdr
awn.

Sec
tion105l
aysdownt
hat St
ateGov
ernmentmaydi
rec
tat

t
het
imeofpas
singor
der
sunders
ect
ion100

t
hatanylandi
nrespec
tofwhichaset
tlementismadeunderthi
sChapt
ershallbe
l
iabl
etobeasses
sedtoaddi
ti
onall
andr ev
enuedur
ingtheter
m oftheset
tlement
foraddi
ti
onaladvant
agesacc
ruingtoitfr
om wat
errecei
vedonac
countofi
rri
gat
ion
worksorimprovementsonexi
stingi
rri
gati
onworkscomplet
ed

aftertheSt
ateGovernmenthasdi
rec
tedthesett
lementunders
ect
ion92andnot
ef
fectedbyorattheexpenseoft
heholderoft
heland,

and

onlywhennor at
einr
espectofs
uchaddit
ionaladv
antagesi
slev
iedunderanyl
aw
rel
ati
ngtoir
rigati
oni
nforc
einanypartoftheState.

Sec
tion106c
onf
erspowert
o Col
lec
tort
ocor
rec
ter
ror
s.

TheColl
ect
ormay ,atanyti
medur i
ngtheter
m ofset
tlement,aft
ergi
vi
ngnot
iceto
t
heholdercorr
ectanyerr
orintheareaorass
essmentofhisholdi
ngduetomi
stakeof
s
urveyorar
ithmeti
calmisc
alcul
ati
on.

Howev
ernoar
rear
sofl
andr
evenues
hal
lbec
omepay
abl
ebyr
eas
onofs
uchc
orr
ect
ion

butexces
spaymentaslandr
evenuemade,i
fany
,shal
lbeadj
ust
edagai
nstt
he
paymentofl
andrevenuewhi
chmaybecomedue.

Section107 l
aysdownthat al
lset
tlementoflandr evenuemadebefornow andi
n
operati
onmadebefor
eatthedateoft hecommenc ementoft hi
sCode,shal
lbe
deemedt ohav
ebeenmadeandi ntr
oduc edinaccordancewiththepr
ovisi
ons

oft
hisChapt
er.
Andshal
lbedeemedt ocont
inuetoremai
ninoperat
ionunt
ilt
he
i
ntr
oducti
onofrev
isi
onset
tlementunderpr
ovis
ionofthi
sCode.

Mall
epudivStat
eofA.P.2008(7)S.
C.C.618.I
sont
hepoi
ntt
hats
ett
lementr
epor
t
undersec
tion98tobegivenweightage.

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Ass
ess
mentofSet tl
ement landr
evenueofl
andsus
edf
orNon-
agr
icul
tur
al
pur
poses
.(s
ect
ions108-
120)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Mahar ashtraLandRev enueCoder ecogni

sedpossessi
onofl andasoc c
upantand
holderofl and.Theyar epermitt
edt ousel
andeitherforagri
c ultur
alpurposesor non
agric
ulturalpur poses.Howev erlandtobeusedforagricul
tur alpurposess
hallnotbe
usedf ornon- agric
ulturalpur
pos esandal
sovic
ev ers
a.
Coll
ect
orandSurveyoff
icers
ubj
ecttoStat
eGovernmentregul
ateus
eofland.
Code
pres
cri
bedpenal
tyforusi
nglandforot
herpur
poseswithoutper
missi
onf
rom
Coll
ect
or.

Landrevenuei
sfi
xedonthebasi
soft
heuseofland.Rec
over
yofl
andr
evenuei
smai
n
objec
tiv
eofCodeasspec
ifi
edinit
sPr
eamble.

Landr evenuei
sasses
sedandsettl
edont hebasi
sofagr
icult
uralornon-
agric
ultural
pur
posesofl
and.Codeconsis
t sofmanyi
mportantprovi
si
onsrel
ati
ngt
o
assessmentandsettl
ementoflandrev
enue.

Prov
isionsRel
ati
ngtoass
essmentands
ett
lementofl
andr
evenueofl
andsus
edf
or
non-agri
cul
tur
alpur
poses.

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
ons:

1 Non- agri
cul
tur
alas
sess
mentoflandst
obedeterminedonthebas
isofthei
r
nonagr
icul
turalus
eandhavi
ngregar
dtourbanandnon-urbanar
eassect
ion109.

Secti
on109laysdownt hat subj
ecttoanyexempti
onandtoanyli
mitat
ions
contai
nedi
nt hesec
tion68,t
henon-agri
cul
tur
alass
essmentofl
andsshal
lbe
determi
ned-

wi
thr
efer
enc
etot
heus
eoft
hel
andf
ornon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
esand

havi
ngr egardtour
banandnon-urbanar
easi
nwhichthelandsaresi
tuat
edands
hal
l
bedeter
mi nedandlev
iedi
naccor
dancewithprov
isi
onsofthisChapt
er.

2.
Procedur
efordet
ermi
ningnon-
agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smentofl
andsi
nnon-
urbanar
eas.
Sect
ions110.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion110 t
heCol
lec
tors
hal
l

s
ubj
ectt
otheappr
ovaloft
heCommi
ssi
oner
,bynot
ifi
cat
ioni
ntheOf
fic
ialGaz
ett
e,

divi
dethevi
ll
ageinnon- ur
banar easintotwoClas
sess-
Clas
sIandClassII
––onthe
basi
softhemarketval
uesofl ands.Secti
on108definedtheter
m marketval
ue.
It
meansamountequaltomar ketval
ueoft hatl
andplustheamountr
epr es
enti
ngthe
capi
tal
is
edasses
smentf orthet i
mebei nginfor
ce.

Howev
erf
ort
hist
ypeofas
ses
smentduer
egar
dtobegi
vent
o-

s
ituat
ionoft
hel
ands
,
t
henon-
agr
icul
tur
alpr
opos
eforwhi
cht
heyar
eus
ed,and

t
headv
ant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
agesat
tac
hingt
her
eto.

Urbanareament
ionedinAmendmentAct2003 ands hallbedeemedtobeClassI
v
il
laget
hepurposesofass
ess
mentofnon-agri
cul
tur
alassessmentofsuc
hvil
lage

Howeverthi
samendmentdoesnotaff
ectt
hel
iabi
li
tyofanas
s es
seef orpay
mentof
anytaxwhic
hhasalr
eadybeenas
sess
edandac
c r
uedpri
ortothes ai
ddateinres
pec
t
ofsuchnoti
fi
edur
banarea.

Anytaxalreadyl
evi
edandpaidbef
oret
hes
aiddat
e,i
nres
pec
tofs
uchnot
ifi
edur
ban
ar
ea,s
hallnotberefunded.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e(2)Col
lec
tors
hal
l,

s
ubj
ectt
othegener
alors
pec
ialor
der
soft
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,

as
ses
slandsf
all
ingi
nClassIacc
ordi
ngtothenon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
eforwhi
cht
hey
ar
eusedatarat
enotex
c eedi
ngtenpai
se

ors
uchamountasmaybepr
esc
ribed,whi
chev
eri
shi
gherpers
quar
emet
repery
ear

andt
hosefall
ingi
nClassI
Iataratenotexceedi
ngf i
vepai
seors
uchamountasmay
bepr
esc
ribed,whi
cheveri
shigherpersquar
emet r
eperyear.

Themar ketvalueofl
andsusedfort
henon-agri
cul
turalpurpos
et obec
onsi
der
edso
t
hattheas ses
sments ofi
xedisnotl
esst
hantheagri
cultur
alasses
smentwhi
chmaybe
l
evi
ableons uchland.

3.Pr
ocedur
efordet
ermi
ningnon-
agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smenti
nur
banar
eas
.Sec
tion111.

Sec
tions111l
aysdownt hattheCol
lec
tors
hal
ldi
vi
deur
banar
easi
ntobl
ocksont
he
bas
isofthemarketv
alueoflands
.

Duer
egar
dtobegi
vent
othes
ituat
ionoft
hel
ands
,

t
henon-
agr
icul
trualpur
pos
esf
orwhi
cht
heyar
eus
ed,

andt
headv
ant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
agesat
tac
hingt
her
eto.

Secti
on112laysdownt hat thenon-agr
icul
tur
alass
essmentonlandsineac
hblocki
n
anurbanar
eas hal
lnotexceedthreepercent
.oftheful
lmarketv
aluether
eofwhen
usedasabuil
dingsit
e.
Sec
tion113laysdownt
hatSubj
ectt
othepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ect
ion112,t
het
heSt
ate
Governmentshal
l

,ori
fsoaut
hor
isedbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,

bynot
ifi
cat
ioni
ntheOf
fic
ialGaz
ett
e,

t
heColl
ect
ors
hal
lfi
xther
ateofnon-agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smentpers
quar
emet
reof
l
andi
neachbl
ocki
nanurbanarea.

Andthi
swil
lbecal
ledthestandardrat
eofnon-agr
icul
tur
alass
essmentats
uch
per
cent
ageoftheful
lmarketvalueofsuc
hlandasmaybepr escr
ibed.

Theful
lmarketval
ues hal
lbeesti
matedint
hepr es
cri
bedmanneront hebasi
softhe
l
andrat
esasdeterminedandissuedint
heform ofAnnualSt
atementofrat
es,byt
he
Chi
efCont
roli
ngRev enueAuthori
ty.

undertheBombayStamp(Det
ermi
nat
ionofTr
ueMar
ketVal
ueofPr
oper
ty)Rul
es,
1995fr
amedundertheBombayStampAct,
1958,

immediat
elypr
ecedi
ngt hey
eari
nwhi
cht
hes
tandar
drat
eof.non-
agr
icul
tur
al
ass
ess
menti st
obefixed.

Thestandardr
ateofnon-
agri
cul
tur
alasses
smentshal
lremaininf
orceforaper
iodof
fi
veyearsandshal
lbeli
ablet
oberevis
edinaccor
dancewiththeprovi
si
onsofthi
s
Chapter.

Wherethestandar
drateofnon-agri
cul
turalas
ses
smenti
nanybl
ocki
nanyur
banar
ea
hasbeenfi
xedorrevi
sedbefor
et he1stdayofAugus
t1979

,s
uchst
andar
drateshal
lbedeemedt
obeduef
orr
evi
si
onatanyt
imeonandaf
ter
5[
the1s
tdayofAugust1979

andt
hens
uchs
tandar
drat
eifs
orev
ised

s hal
lbedeemedtohavec omeint
oforcewi
thef
fec
tfrom t
he1stdayofAugust1979
onwhi c
hdatethefi
rstguarant
eedper
iodcommencedandwoul
dremaininfor
ceupto
the31stJul
y1991

andwoul
dbes
ubj
ectt
ofur
therr
evi
si
onunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2B)
,fr
om t
imet
oti
me.

Wheret
hes t
andar
dr at
eofnon- agri
cult
uralass
es smenti
sfi
xedorrevis
edf orany
guar
ant
eedperi
od,thesames hallberevi
sedass oonasposs
ibl
eafterthe
commencementofthenextguaranteedperiodands uchr
evi
sedrat
es hallbedeemed
tohavecomei
ntof
orc
ewi
thef
fec
tfr
om t
hec
ommenc
ementofs
uchnex
tguar
ant
eed
per
iod.

Theratesofnon-agri
cul
tur
alass
essmentforeveryguaranteedperiodoff
iveyear
s
af
terthe1stAugust2001shal
lnotbeles
st hantherateprevail
ingontheday
i
mmedi at
elypr
ecedingthebegi
nningofsuchguaranteedperiod.andshal
lnot
exc
eed,—

a)t
hreeti
mesthenon-agr
icul
tur
alass
essmentrat
eprevai
li
ngont
her
efer
enc
edayi
n
aMunici
palCor
por
ati
onareaandt wotimesofs
uchrate

i
nthear eaofther
estoft
heSt
ate,
fort
hec
aseswhi
char
eal
readyas
ses
sedf
ornon-
agr
icul
turalpur
poses
;and

(b)s
ixtimesthenon-
agr
icul
tur
alasses
smentrat
epr evai
li
ngont heref
erenc
edayina
Munici
palCorpor
ati
onareaandfourti
mesofsuchrateintheareaoftherestoft
he
Stat
e,forthecas
estobeassess
edfornon-agri
cul
turalpurpos
es .

(3)
Thestandar
dr ateofnon-agri
culturalass
essmentfi
xedorrev
isedasaf
oresai
ds hal
l
bepubli
shedintheOf fi
ci
alGazette,andi nsuc
hothermannerasmaybepr es
c r
ibed
befor
etheyarebr oughti
ntoforce.

4.
Rat
eofAs
ses
smentofl
andsus
edf
orNon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
es.Sec
tion114.

Accor
dingt
osec
tion11uuy
4ther
ateofas
ses
smenti
nres
pec
tofl
andsi
nur
ban
ar
eas—

(a)
usedforpurpos
esofr
esi
dent
ialbui
ldi
ng,s
hal
lbet
hes
tandar
drat
eofnon-
agri
cul
turalas
sess
ment;

(b)
usedforthepurpos
eofindust
ry,s
hal
lbeoneandone-
hal
fti
mest
hes
tandar
drat
e
ofnon-agr
icul
tur
alasses
sment.

(
c)us
edf
orpur
pos
esofc
ommer
ce,

s
hal
lbethri
cethestandar
dr at
eofnon-agri
cul
tur
alas
ses
smenti
nthear
easwi
thi
nthe
l
imi
tsofal
ltheothermunici
palcor
por
ations,

exc
ludi
ngt
hear
eaoft
heMumbai
Cit
yDi
str
icti
ntheMumbaiMuni
ci
palCor
por
ati
on
ar
ea,

andtwic
et hest
andar
drat
eofnon-agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smenti
nther
emai
ningur
ban
ar
easoftheStat
e.
(
d)us
edf
oranyot
hernon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
e,

shal
lbefi
xedbytheCol
lec
tor
,atar
atenotl
esst
hant
hes
tandar
drat
eofnon-
agri
cul
tur
alas
ses
s ment
,

andnotex
ceedi
ngoneandone-
hal
fti
mest
hats
tandar
drat
e,r
egar
dtobegi
vent
o

t
hes
ituat
ion,ands
pec
ialadv
ant
agesordi
sadv
ant
agesat
tac
hingt
osuc
hlands
.

Whereanyl
andi
sus
edf
oranynon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
eforaper
iodofs
ixmont
hsor
l
ess
,

t
henon-
agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
sments
hal
lbe

hal
foft
hatf
ixedf
orl
andus
edf
ort
hatnon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
e.

Coll
ectormayi
nr espec
tofanylandinablockfi
xt henon-agr
icul
turalass
essmentf or
thatl
andataratenotlessthansevent
y-f
ivepercent.oft
heratefixedinsub-sect
ion
(
1)butnotexceedingbytwenty-
fiv
epercent.t
her at
es of
ixedforthepartic
ularuse.

regardtobegiventot hes
ituat
ion,ands
pec
ialadv
ant
agesordi
sadv
ant
ages
att
achi
ngtosuc
hl and.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion115t
heSt
ateGov
ernment

int
hecaseofc
o-oper
ativ
esoci
eti
esandhous
ingboar
dses
tabl
is
hedunderanyl
awf
or
t
hetimebei
nginf
orceinthi
sSt
ate,

t
henon-
agr i
cul
turalassess
mentshallbelev
iedwit
hef
fec
tfr
om t
hedat
eonwhi
chany
l
andi
sactual
lyusedf ornonagr
icul
turalpur
pose.

5.
LandsEx
emptf
rom pay
mentofnonagr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smentSec
tion117.

Accordi
ngtosec
tion117l
andsusedforthefol
lowingpur
pos
ess
hal
lbeex
emptf
rom
thepaymentoft
henon-agr
icul
tur
alassess
ment: —

(
1)l
andsus
edbyanagr
icul
tur
istf
oranoc
cupat
ions
ubs
idi
aryoranc
il
lar
ytoagr
icul
tur
e

s
uchast
heer
ect
ionofs
hedsf
orhand-
looms
,poul
tryf
armi
ng,orgar
deni
ngor

suchotheroc
cupat
ionsast
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmays
pec
ifyi
nrul
esmadei
nthat
behal
f.

(
2)l
andsus
edf
orpur
pos
esc
onnec
tedwi
tht
hedi
spos
aloft
hedead
(3)
landss
olelyoc
cupiedandusedforpubl
icwor
shi
pandwhic
hwereexemptfr
om
paymentoflandrev
enuebyc ust
om,grantorot
her
wis
ebefor
ethecommencementof
thi
sCode

(4)l
andsusedforaneducati
onalorachar
itablepurposethebenefi
tofwhichi
sopent
o
allci
ti
zenswit
houtdist
inct
ionofrel
igi
on,race,cas
te,placeofbi
rthoranyoft
hem

(
5)landsusedforanyotherpubl
icpur
posewhic
ht heSt
ateGover
nmentmaybyrul
es
madeundert hi
sCodedec l
aretobeexempt
,forsuchperi
odandsubj
ectt
osuc
h
conditi
onsasmaybes pecif
iedt
herei
n

agric
ultur
allandsi
nnon-urbanar
eaus
edf
orper
sonalbonaf
ider
esi
dent
ialpur
pos
e
undersub-secti
on(2)ofs
ecti
on42

(6)
suchagri
cul
turall
andsoutsi
deagaothan,i
fany,inanon-
urbanar
ea,c
onv
ert
edt
o
non-agr
icul
tur
aluseforpurposesofr
esi
denti
albuil
ding

ast
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmay
,bynot
ifi
cat
ioni
ntheOf
fic
ialGaz
ett
e,s
pec
ify
.

Accordi
ngt osect
ion118Itshal
lbelawfulfort
heStateGover
nmenttodirectt
hatany
l
andwhi chisexemptundertheprov
isi
onsofs ect
ion117fr
om paymentofnon-Non-
agr
icult
uralass
essmentoflandswholl
yex emptfr
om paymentofl
andrevenue.

Non- agri
cul-turalassessmentf i
xedbef orecommenc ementofCodet oc ontinuei
n
forceuntilagricul
turalassess
ments hallc eas
et obesoexemptifthelandi susedfor
anypur poseot herthant hatforwhichtheex empti
onisprov
ided;andther euponthe
l
ands hal
lbel i
abletopay mentoft heas sessmentaccordi
ngtotheprov i
sionsof
thi
sChapt er,andinaddi ti
on,tosuchf i
neast heColl
ect
ormay ,s
ubjecttot hegeneral
ordersoft heSt at
eGov er
nment ,di
rect.

Sect
ion119lay
sdownthat t
heCollec
torisnotprev
ented f rom deter
mini
ng
andr
egist
eri
ngthepr
operf
ullnon-agr
icul
tur
alass
essmentonlandswholl
yexempt
fr
om pay
mentofsuchas
sessment.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion120t
henon-
agr
icul
tur
alas
ses
smentf
ixedonl
ands

andi
nfor
cei
nanypar
toft
heSt
ate

i
mmedi
atel
ybef
oret
hec
ommenc
ementoft
hisCode

s
hal
lbedeemedt
ohav
ebeenf
ixedundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisChapt
er

ands
hal
lbedeemedt
ocont
inuet
oremai
ninf
orc
edur
ingt
hewhol
eoft
heper
iodf
or
whicht
heassess
mentwasf
ixed,
andt
her
eaf
ter
,unt
ils
uchas
ses
smenti
srev
ised
undert
hisCode.

I
nIs
patI
ndus
tbi
nsvCol
lec
torRai
gad.
2009(
3)Bom.
C.R.

HighCourthel
dthatCol
lec
tori
sonl
yaut
hor
ityt
odec
ideandpas
sor
der
sunder
sect
ion110ofCode.

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Rev
enueSer
vey
s.(
Sec
tions
79-
88)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Mahar as
htraLandRev enueCodeisStateenactedl
egi
slat
ion.Ac
cordingtoPr eamble
mainpur poseofCodei scol
lec
tionoflandrev
enue.ApexCourti
nJilubhaiNanbhaiv
StateofGujaratAIR1995S.C.heldthatrev
enueadminist
rati
onandr ecover
yofl and
revenueisobjectofCode.

Surv
eyofl andlandisdir
ectedbyStateGovernmentwit
hav i
ewt oass
essl
andrev
enue.
Codehasmadepr ovi
sionforconduct
ingsurv
eyands ur
veyoff
iceri
sdeput
edfor
contac
tings ur
vey.

•
Impor
tantPr
ovi
si
onsRel
ati
ngt
oRev
enueSur
vey
.

Mahar
ashtr
aLandRevenueCodel
aysdownv
ari
ouspr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
orev
enue
sur
vey
.Thesepr
ovi
si
onsare-

1.
RevenueSur
veymaybei
ntr
oduc
edbySt
ateGov
ernmenti
ntoanypar
tofSt
ate.
Sect
ion79.

Sur
veyext
endedtolandsofanyvil
lage,t
ownorc
ityi
scall
edrev
enue
sur
vey.
Wheneveri
texpedi
entsur
veyofanylandi
sdir
ectedbyStat
eGov
ernment
.

Sect
ion79laysdownthati
thallbelawf
ulfortheStat
eGov er
nmentwhenev
eri
tmay
deem expedi
enttodi
rectt
hesurveyofanylandinanypar
toft heSt
ate

wi
thav
iewt
oas
ses
smentors
ett
lementoft
hel
andr
evenue

andt
other
ecor
dandpr
eser
vat
ionofr
ight
sconnec
tedt
her
ewi
th

orf
oranyot
hers
imi
larpur
pos
eands
uchs
urv
eys
hal
lbec
all
edar
evenues
urv
ey.

Suc
hsur
veymayex
tend
t
othel
andsofanyv
il
lage,t
ownorc
itygener
all
yor

t
osuc
hlandonl
yast
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmaydi
rec
t.

Its
hallbel
awfulfort
heOffi
cer
sconduct
inganysuc
hs ur
veyt
oexceptfr
om t
he
s
urveyanyl
andt owhichi
tmaynotseem ex
pedi
entthats
uchsur
veyshoul
dbeappl
ied.

Cl
ause(2)l
aysdownthatthecont
rolofev
eryr
evenues
urv
eys
hal
lves
tinands
hal
l
beex
erc
isedbytheSt
ateGover
nment.

2.
Surv
eyOffic
ialmayrequi
rebygener
alnot
iceorbys
ummonss
uit
abl
eser
vic
efr
om
hol
dersofl
and.Secti
on80.

Ac c
ordi
ngtosec
tion80itshal
lbel
awfulf
orasur
veyoff
icerdeput
edt
oconduc
tor
takepar
tinanysuchsur
veyorasur
veyunders
ect
ion86or87

torequir
ebygeneralnoti
ceorbys
ummonst
heat
tendanc
eofhol
der
sofl
andandof
al
lpers
onsint
erest
edt her
ein

i
npers
onorbyl egal
lyc
ons
tit
utedagentwhoi
sdul
yins
truc
tedandabl
etoans
weral
l
mat
eri
alques
tions,

andt
hepr
esenc
eoft
alukaandv
il
lageof
fic
ers

andtorequir
ef r
om them suc
hassi
stanc
eint
heoper
ati
onsoft
hes
urv
eyands
uch
ser
vic
einc onnecti
ontherewi
th.

Sec
tion81l
aysdownt
hati
tshal
lbel
awf
ulf
oras
urv
eyof
fic
er,

whi
lec
onduc
tings
urv
eysment
ionedi
nthepr
ecedi
ngs
ect
ion

tocalluponal
lhol
dersofl
andandot
herper
sonsint
eres
t edther
eintoas
sis
tint
he
measurementorcl
ass
ifi
cat
ionoft
hel
andstowhic
ht hesurveyext
ends

byf
urni
shi
ngf
lag-
hol
der
s;

andintheeventofaneces
sit
yf oremploy
inghi
redl
abourf
ort
hisorot
hers
imi
lar
obj
ecti
ncident
altosur
veyoperati
ons.

I
tshal
lalso belawfultoass
esst
hec os
tther
eof
,wit
hal
lcont
ingentex
pens
esont
he
l
andsurv
eyed,forcoll
ecti
onasarev
enuedemand.

3.
Sur
veyNumber
sNott
obeofl
esst
hanc
ert
ainex
tent.Sec
tion82.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion82nos
urv
eynumberc
ompr
isi
ngl
andus
edf
orpur
pos
esof
agr
icul
tur
eonl
yshal
lbemadeofl
essex
tentt
hant
hemi
nimum

t
obef
ixedf
rom t
imet
oti
mef
ort
hes
ever
alc
las
sesofl
andi
neac
hdi
str
ict

byt
heDi
rec
torofLandRec
ords
,wi
tht
hes
anc
tionoft
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

4.
PowerSt
ateGov
ernmentt
odi
rec
tfr
eshSur
veyandRev
isi
onofAs
ses
sment.
Sec
tion
83.

Accordingt
osecti
on83St
ateGov
ernmentmaydi
rec
tfr
eshs
urv
eyoranyoper
ati
on
subsi
diaryt
her
eto.

Howeveragener
alc
las
sif
icat
ionoft
hes
oilofanyar
eaandr
evi
si
onbeenmadea
sec
ondtime

orwhereanyori
ginalc
las
sif
icat
ionoft
hes
oilofanyar
eahasbeenappr
ovedbyt
he
St
ateGovernmentasfi
nal

nocl
assi
fi
cat
ions
hal
lbeagai
nmadewi
thav
iewt
other
evi
si
onoft
heas
ses
smentof
s
ucharea.

Ex
ceptwhent
heSt
ateGov
ernmentc
ons
ider
sthatowi
ngt
o

c
hangesi
nthec
ondi
ti
onoft
hes
oilofs
uchar
eaor

anyer
ror
sinc
las
sif
icat
ion,s
uchr
ecl
ass
ifi
cat
ioni
snec
ess
ary
.

Secti
on84l aysdownt hat t heareaandassess
mentofs ur
veynumbersandsub-
di
vi
s i
onsofEntryofsurveynumbersshal
lbeenteredinsuc
hrecordsasmaybe
maintai
nedundersur
v eyundertherul
esmadebyt heSt
ateGover
nmentinthat.

5.
Par
tit
ionSec
tion85.

Sect
ion85laysdownthatsubj
ecttoBombayPr
event
ionofPar
tit
ionFr
agment
ati
on
andConsol
idat
ionofHol
dingsAct,1947,

ahol
dingmaypar
tit
ionedont
hedec
reeofac
ivi
lcour
tor

Onappl
ic
ati
onanyofc
o-hol
der
sint
hemanner asunder
-

i
)I
finanyhol
dingt
her
ear
emor
ethanonec
o-hol
der
,

anysuchco-
hol
dermayappl
ytot
heCol
lec
torf
orapar
tit
ionofhi
sshar
eint
he
hol
ding.
Howev
erwhereanyquest
ionast
otit
leisr
ais
ed,nos
uchpar
tit
ions
hal
lbemadeunt
il
suc
hques
tionhasbeendeci
dedbyaciv
ils
uit
.

i
i)TheCollec
tormay,af
terhear
ingtheco-
holderdi
vi
dethehol
dingandappor
tiont
he
assessmentofthehol
dingi
nacc or
danc
ewi t
htherul
esmadebyt heSt
ate
Gov er
nmentunderthi
sCode.

Accor
dingtoClaus
e( 5)ex
pens
esproper
lyi
ncur
redinmaki
ngpar
tit
ionofahol
ding
pay
ingrevenuetotheStat
eGover
nmentshal
lberec
over
able

asar
evenuedemandi
nsuc
hpr
opor
tionast
heCol
lec
tormayt
hinkf
it

f
rom t
hec
o-hol
der
satwhos
ereques
tthepar
tit
ioni
smade,

orf
rom t
heper
sonsi
nter
est
edi
nthepar
tit
ion.

Inkal
yanivNarayanAIR1980S.CCourthel
dthattoc ons t
itut
epart
iti
onallt
hatis
necess
aryisadigni
tyandunequivoc
alindi
cat
ionofint enti
ontoseparat
emus tbeto
theknowledgeofthepersonsaff
ectedbysuchdecl
ar ati
on.

6.Di
vi
si
onofSur
veyNumberi
ntoNewSur
veyNumberSec
tion86.

Accor
dingtosect
ion86 Whereanypor
tionofc
ult
ivabl
elandi
sper
mit
tedt
obe
us
edf oranynon-agr
icul
tur
alpurpos
eor

whenanynumber
sint
opor
tionofl
andi
sspec
ial
lyas
signedunders
ect
ion22,or

whenanyas
ses
smentnews
urv
eyi
sal
ter
edorl
evi
edor

anypor
tionofl
andunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2)ors
ub-
sec
tion(
3)ofs
ect
ion67

suc
hporti
onmay ,wi
tht
hes
anc
tionoft
heCol
lec
tor
,bemadei
ntoas
epar
ates
urv
ey
numberatanyt
ime.

7.
Div
isi
onofSur
veyNumber
sint
oSub-
div
isi
ons
.Sec
tion87.

Secti
on87laysdownthat subjec
ttotheprovis
ionsoftheBombayPrev
entionof
surv
eyFragmentat
ionandConsoli
dati
onofHoldingsAc t
,1947surv
eynumbersmay
bedivi
dedint
os omanysub-di
vis
ionsasmayber equir
edinviewoftheac
qui
sit
ionof
ri
ghtsinl
andorforanyotherr
eason

Thedivi
sionofsur
v eynumbersint
os ub-di
vi
si
onsandt
hefix
ingoftheas
sessmentof
thesub-div
isi
onsshallbec
arri
edoutandr evi
sedi
naccor
dancewit
htherul
esmade
bytheStateGovernmentinthisbehalf
.
Howeverthetotalamountoft
heasses
s mentofanysur
veynumberors
ub-di
vi
si
on
shal
lnotbeenhancedduri
nganyter
mf orwhichsuchas
sess
mentmayhavebeenfi
xed
underthepr
ovis
ionsofthi
sCode,

unl
esss
uchas
ses
smenti
sli
abl
etoal
ter
ati
onunders
ect
ion67.

(c
)thear
eaandasses
smentofs
uchsub-
div
isi
onsshal
lbeent
eredi
nsuc
hlandr
ecor
ds
astheStat
eGover
nmentmaypres
cri
beinthi
sbehal
f.

Claus
e(2)laysdownthat whereaholdi
ngc ons
istsofsever
alkhasr
anumbersinany
areai
nt heSt
ate,t
heSett
lementOffi
cershal
lasses
st hel
andrevenuepay
abl
ef oreac
h
khasranumberandrec
ordthem as

s
epar
ates
urv
eynumber
s.

8.Pr
ivi
legeofTi
tl
e-deeds
.Sec
tion88.

Accor
dingtosecti
on88 whentheori
ginals
urv
eyofanyl
andhasbeenonc
e
complet
ed,appr
ovedandconf
irmed,

undert
heaut
hor
ityoft
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,

noper
sons
hal
l

forthepur
posesofsubs
equents
urv
eysoft
hes
aidl
andunder
takenundert
he
prov
isi
onsoft
hisCode

bec
ompel
ledt
opr
oduc
ehi
sti
tl
edeedst
osuc
hlandort
odi
scl
oset
hei
rcont
ent
s.

-
---
---
---
--

5.
Boudar
yAndBoundar
yMar
ks.(
Sec
tion132-
146)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

ObjectofMaharas
ht r
aLandRev enueCodeistorecoverlandrevenue.Boundar
yand
boundarymarksplayviralr
oleint hi
sregar
d.Similarl
yprovis
ionsrel
ati
ngtoboundar
y
andboundarymarksar emai nt
ainedforbett
ercult
ivati
onoflands.

SurveyOf
fic
erandCol
lect
orareempower
edbyCodet
odealwi
thmat
ter
sconnec
ted
wit
hboundaryandboundarymarks
.

Pr
ovi
si
onsRel
ati
ngt
oBoundar
yandboundar
ymar
ks.

Mahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCodel
aysdowni
mpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oboundar
y
andboundar
ymar
ks,
whi
char
easunder
-

1f
ixat
ionandDemar
cat
ionofBoundar
ies
.

Sect
ion132ofCodel
ay sdownthatboundar
iesofal
lvi
ll
agesint
heStat
eandofall
sur
veynumbersi
nvil
lagesther
eins
hal
lbefix
edanddemar cat
edbyboundar
ymarks.

I
nMangovNar
ayanAI
R1920.
Bom.

Courtheldthati
nf i
xi
ngboundar
iesques
tionofowner
shi
pdoesnotar
ise.
But
Col
lectorhastoinquir
epos
iti
onofboundari
es

2.
Det
ermi
nat
ionofVi
ll
ageBoundar
iesSec
tion133.

Sec
tion133l
aysdownt
hat boundar
iesofv
il
lagess
hal
lbef
ixed,

andal
ldi
sput
esr
elat
ingt
her
etos
hal
lbedet
ermi
ned

bys
urv
eyof
fic
ers
,or

bysuchotheroffi
cer
sasmaybeappoi ntedbyt heStat
eGov er
nmentf ort
hepurpose
aft
erhol
dingaf or
malinqui
ryatwhic
ht hevil
lageoffi
cersandallper
sonsi
nter
ested
haveanapportuni
tyofappear
ingandproducingevidence.

InKawasj
ivHormusj
i(1904)Cour
thel
dthatunl
essf
raudorc
onf
usi
onCour
thasno
powertofi
xboundar
y.

3.Det
ermi
nat
ionofFi
eldBoundar
ies.Sec
tion134.

Acc
ordingtosect
ion134Ifattheti
meofas ur
vey,t
heboundaryofafi
eldorhol
ding
i
sundis
puted,andit
scor
rectnessi
saff
irmedbythevi
ll
ageof
fic
ersthenpres
ent,

i
tmaybel
aiddownaspoi
ntedoutbyt
hehol
derorper
soni
noc
cupat
ionand,

i
fdisput
ed,ori
fthes
aidhol
derorper
soni
noc
cupat
ionbenotpr
esent
,its
hal
lbe
f
ixed

byt
hes
urv
eyof
fic
erac
cor
dingt
othel
andr
ecor
ds

andaccor
dingtooc
cupat
ionasas
cer
tai
nedf
rom t
hev
il
lageof
fic
ersandt
hehol
der
sof
adj
oini
nglands
,

orons
uchot
herev
idenc
eori
nfor
mat
ionast
hes
urv
eyof
fic
ermaybeabl
etopr
ocur
e.

4.
Dis
put
esr
egar
dingboundar
iesbet
weenv
il
lagess
urv
eynumber
sands
ub-
div
isi
ons
.
Sec
tion135.

Sect
ion135lay
sdownthatI
fanydisput
eari
sesconcer
ningt
heboundar
yofav
il
lage
orafiel
doraholdi
ngwhi
chhasnotbeensur
veyed,

ori
fatanyt
imeaf
tert
hec
ompl
eti
onofas
urv
ey,

adisput
ear
isesc
oncerni
ngtheboundaryofanyv
il
lageorboundar
yorar
eaofany
sur
veynumberorsub-
divi
si
onofas ur
veynumber,

itshal
lbedeci
dedbytheColl
ectoraf
terholdi
ngaf or
malinqui
ryatwhic
hthe
concer
nedoff
icer
sandallper
sonsint
erest
eds hal
lhaveanopport
unit
yofappear
ing
andproduc
ingevi
denc
e.

TheCol
lec
tormay
,whi
ledec
idi
ngs
uchdi
sput
eor
,ot
her
wis
e

af
tergi
vi
nganoppor
tuni
tyofbei
nghear
dtoal
lthec
onc
ernedper
sonsandof
fic
er,

al
socor
rec
tanyerr
orint
heareaorass
essmentofasurveynumberorsub-
div
isi
onof
as
urv
eynumberduetomist
akeofsur
veyorari
thmet
icalmiscal
cul
ati
on:

Howev
ernoar
rear
sofl
andr
evenues
hal
lbec
omepay
abl
ebyr
eas
onofs
uch
c
orr
ect
ion;

butexces
spaymentaslandr
evenuemade,i
fany
,shal
lbeadj
ust
edagai
nstt
he
paymentofl
andrevenuewhi
chmaybecomedue.

I
nMall
ikar
junappavAnandrao.31Bom.Courthel
dthatdis
putemeansdi
sput
e
bet
weentwonei ghbour
ingownersandnotbet
weenCollec
torandowner
.

5.
Demar
cat
ionofBoundar
iesofs
urv
eynumberors
ubdi
vi
si
on.
Sec
tion136.

Accordi
ngtos ec
tion136Col l
ect
ormay,ontheappl
ic
ati
onofapart
yint
eres
ted,
demarcatet
heboundar iesofasurv
eynumberorofasub-di
vi
si
onandconst
ruct
boundarymarksthereon.

Clause( 2)lay
sdownt hat t
heSt
ateGover
nmentmaymaker ul
esforr
egul
ati
ngthe
procedureoft heCol
lec
tori
ndemarcat
ingt
heboundar
iesofasurv
eynumberorofa
sub-div
ision,

andpr
esc
ribi
ngt
henat
ureoft
heboundar
ymar
kst
obeus
ed,

andaut
hori
singthel
evyoff
eesf
rom t
hehol
der
sofl
andi
nademar
cat
eds
urv
ey
numberorsub-di
vi
si
on.
 Clause(3)l
aysdownthat surv
eynumber
sandsub-di
vi
si
onsdemarcatedundert
he
provis
ionsofthi
ssecti
onshal
lbedeemedt
obesurveynumber
sforpurposesof
secti
ons132,135,139and140.

I
nSec
ret
aryofSt
atevj
aver
chandAI
R1933Bom.

Courtheldthatdi
sputeinrespectoffi
eldal
readysur
gedari
sesonac
countof
acci
dentali
ntenti
onalobli
ter
ationofboundarymarksandpowerofdet
ermini
ngt
he
boundaryhasbeengiventor evenueaut
hori
ties.

6.
Str
aight
eni
ngoutc
rookedboundar
ies.
Sec
tion137.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion137whenanyperson(t
hatisappli
cant
)desi
restoregul
ari
seor
st
raight
enouttheboundar
iesofanyofhi
sfi
eldsorboundar
ies
.holdi
ngsinavil
lage

,hemaymakeanappl
ic
ati
oni
nthatbehal
ftot
heSur
veyOf
fic
er.

Theappl
ic
ati
ons
hal
lbeac
compani
ed

-byas
ket
chs
howi
ngt
heboundar
iesofhi
sfi
eldorhol
ding

-andt
henamesofhol
der
sadj
oini
ngt
her
eto.

Accordingto Clause(2)Ifonrecei
ptoftheappli
cat
ion,theSurv
eyOf f
icerint
he
i
nterestofbett
erculti
vationofthefi
eldorhol
dingandeas i
ermaint
enanc eof
boundar ymar
ks,deemsi texpedi
enttoregul
ari
esorstrai
ghtenouttheboundari
esof
thefi
ledorholdi
ngasdes ir
edbytheappli
cant,
hemay ,

subj
ecttothepr
ovi
sionsoftheBombayPr
event
ionofFr
agment
ati
onand
Cons
oli
dati
onofHoldingsAc
t ,1947,

prepar
eaplan-t
or ev
iset
heboundar
iesofsuc
hfi
eldorholdi
ngand-forpay
mentof
compensati
onbytheappl
icantt
opersonswhowoul
dsufferl
ossofl
andonac c
ountof
suchrevi
si
on.

Andpubl
is
hthes
amei
nvi
ll
agei
nsuc
hmannerasmaybepr
esc
ribedbyr
ules
.

I
nrevi
si
ngtheboundar
ies,t
hesur
veyof
fic
ershal
lbegui
dedbys
uchr
ulesasmaybe
madebytheSt
ateGovernmenti
nthi
sbehalf
.

Theamountofcompensat
ionshal
lbedetermi
nedbyhim,sofaraspract
icable,i
n
acc
ordanc
ewiththeprovi
si
onsIofofsec
t i
on23oftheLandAc qui
si
ti
onAc t,1894.

Cl
aus
e(3)l
aysdownt
hat I
ftheappl
ic
antandt
heper
sonswhos
uff
erl
ossofl
and
agr
eetothepl
anpreparedbytheSurvey
Offi
cer
,theSurveyOff
icers
hal
lrec
ordt
hei
r
agr
eementandrev
isetheboundar
iesandfi
xthem accor
dingl
y

.
Suchagreementshal
lbebindi
ngontheappli
cantandsuchpersonsandtheamount
ofcompensati
onpayabl
ebyanypers
onthereundershal
lberec
ov er
ablef
rom hi
m as
anarr
earoflandr
evenue.

Intheabsenceofmutualagr
eement
,theSur
veyOffi
cershal
lref
ertheques
tionoft
he
amountofc ompensat
iontobepai
dorrecov
eredbyeachpersonconcer
nedunderthe
planfordeci
si
on––

(i
)t
oav il
lagecommitt
eeconsi
sti
ngofs
uchnumberandel
ectedbytheappli
cantand
personssuffer
ingl
ossofl
andinsuc
hmannerasmaybepres
c r
ibedbyrul
es;

(i
i)
ont hef
ailuretoel
ectsuchvi
ll
agecommi t
tee,toacommi t
teecons
ist
ingofthr
ee
personsnomi nat
edbyt heSur
veyOffi
cernotbelowtherankoftheDist
ric
tIns
pector
ofLandRec ordswiththeappr
ovaloftheSuperi
ntendentofLandRecor
ds.

Thedecis
ionofthevil
lagecommi t
teeorthec ommi
tteenomi
nat
edbyt
heSurvey
Offi
ceroftherankofDistr
ictI
nspectorofLandRec
or ds
,ast
hecas
emaybe,s
hallbe
fi
nalandbindi
ngonalltheparti
esc oncer
ned.

Theamountofcompensati
onpayabl
ebyt
heappl
ic
antt
her
eunders
hal
lber
ecov
erabl
e
fr
om hi
m asanarr
earoflandr
evenue.

Whens uchdeci
sioni
sgiven,t
heplanprepar
edbytheSurveyOff
icer
,sof
arasit
rel
atestorev
isi
onofboundari
es,s
hallal
sobecomefi
nalandtheboundar
iess
hallbe
deemedt obefi
xedaccor
dingly
.

Ac c
ordi
ngtocl
aus
e( 5)
whentheboundaryi
ssofix
edunderthi
ss ec
tion,i
tshal
lbe
deemedtobeaset
tlementofboundar
yforthepur
posesofs
ection138.

Objectoft
hisprov
isi
oni
sbet
terc
ult
ivat
ionofl
andsandeas
iermai
ntenanc
eof
boundarymarks
.

7.Ef
fec
tofSet
tlementofBoundar
y.Sec
tion138.

Accordingtos
ecti
on138thesett
lementofaboundar
yunderanyoft
hef
oregoi
ng
pr
ov i
sionsoft
hisChapt
ershal
lbedeter
minat
ive––

(
a)oft
hepr
operpos
iti
onoft
heboundar
yli
neorboundar
ymar
ks,and

(
b)oft
her
ight
soft
hel
andhol
der
sonei
thers
ideoft
heboundar
yfi
xedi
nres
pec
tof
t
hel
andadj
udgedt
oapper
tai
n,ornott
oapper
tai
n,t
othei
rres
pec
tiv
ehol
dings
.

Cl
aus
e(2)l
aysdownt
hat wher
eaboundar
yhasbeens
ett
ledasaf
ores
aid,

theColl
ec t
ormayatanytimesummaril
yev i
ctanylandhol
derwhoi swr
ongful
lyin
posses
sionofanylandwhichhasbeenadjudgedintheset
tlementofaboundarynot
toappertai
ntohishol
dingortothehol
dingofanyper s
onthroughorunderwhom he
clai
ms.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e(3)or
derofej
ect
mentunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2)s
hal
l,

s
ubj
ectt
othepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ub-
sec
tions(
4)and(
5),

bes
ubj
ectt
oappealandr
evi
si
oni
nac
cor
danc
ewi
tht
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisCode.

Accor
dingtoclaus
e(4)whereanyper
sonhasbeenej
ectedori
saboutt
obeej
ect
ed
fr
om anylandundert
hepr ovi
si
onsofsub-
sect
ion(
2),

hemay
,withi
naper
iodofoney
earf
rom t
hedat
eoft
heej
ect
mentort
hes
ett
lement
oft
heboundary
,

i
nst
itut
eac
ivi
lsui
ttoes
tabl
is
hhi
sti
tl
ether
eto

HowevertheSt
ateGover
nmentortheCol
lec
tor
,oranyRev
enueorSur
vey
Off
icer
s
hallnotbemadeapart
ytosuchsui
t.

Accordi
ngClause(5)
whereac
ivi
lsui
thasbeeninst
itut
edundersub-s
ection(4)
agai
nstanyorderofej
ect
ment,s
uchorders
hallnotbesubj
ecttoappealorrevi
si
on.

Accor di
ngt oclause(6)theCollect
ormayatanyt i
memakeanor derforredistri
buti
on
oflandr ev
enuewhi c
h,inhi sopini
on,shouldbemadeasar esul
tofthedec i
sionoft he
appealorr evi
sion,orast hecasemaybe,t hesuit
,andsuc
hr edi
str
ibuti
ons halltake
eff
ec tfr
om t hebeginningoft herevenueyearfol
lowi
ngthedateoft heorder.

8.
Constr
ucti
onandr
epai
rsofboundar
ymar
ksands
urv
eynumber
sandv
il
lages.
Sect
ion139

Accor
dingtosecti
on139anySur veyOf
ficerauthori
sedbyaSuperi
ntendentofLand
Recor
ds,orSettl
ementOf fi
cer,tospec
ifyorc ausetobeconst
ruct
ed,laidout
maint
ainedorrepair
edboundar ymarksands urveymarksofvi
ll
agesors urvey
numbersorsub-divi
sionsofsurveynumber s
-whet herc
ult
ivat
edorunc ult
ivat
ed

andt
oas
ses
sal
lchar
gesi
ncur
redont
hehol
der
sorot
her
shav
ingani
nter
estt
her
ein.
Cl
aus
e2s
tat
est
hat Suc
hof
fic
ermay

bynot
icei
nwr
iti
ng

requi
rel
andholder
stocons
truct
,lay
out,maint
ainorr
epairwi
thi
naspeci
fi
edt
ime,t
he
boundar
ymar ksorsur
veymarksofthei
rres
pectiv
esurv
eynumbersors
ubdiv
isi
ons

andonthei
rfail
uretodosotheSur
vey
Off
icers
hal
lcons
truc
t,l
ay-
outorr
epai
rthem
andas
sessallc
hargesinc
urr
ed.

Accor
dingtocl
ause(
3)boundarymarksandsur
veymar ksshal
lbeofs
uchdes
cri
pti
on
andshal
lbeconst
ruc
ted,l
aidout,mai
ntai
nedorrepai
redinsuchmanner

ands
hal
lbeofs
uchdi
mens
ionsandmat
eri
als

asmay,subj
ecttorulesmadebytheStateGover
nmentinthisbehal
f,bedet
ermined
bytheSuper
intendentofLandRecords
,acc
ordi
ngtotherequir
ementofsoil
,cl
imate,
dur
abil
it
yandc heapnessofmater
ial
s.

9.Res
pons
ibi
li
tyFormai
ntenanc
eofboundar
ymar
ksands
urv
eymar
ks.Sec
tion140.

Acc
ordi
ngt
osec
tion140ev
eryl
andhol
ders
hal
lber
espons
ibl
efort
hemai
ntenanc
e
andgood

repairoftheboundarymarksands urv
eymarksofhi
sholdi
ng,andforanyboundary
c
har gesreas
onablyincur
redonac c
ountofthesamebytheRevenueorSurveyOffi
cers
i
nc asesofalt
erat
ion,removalordi
srepai
r.

Itshal
lbedutyofVil
lageOf
fic
ersandservant
stoprev
entthedest
ructi
onor
unauthor
isedal
ter
ati
onofthev i
ll
ageboundarymar
ksorsurveymarks
.

.
Secti
on149l aysdownt hatwher esurveyisintr
oducedi
ntoadistr
ict
,thec hargeof
boundar ymarksands urveymarksshalldevolveontheColl
ector
,anditshallbehis
dutytot akemeasuresforthei
rc onstr
uc ti
on,l
ayi
ngoutmarksands ur
veymar ks
maintenanceandr epair
,andfort hi
spur posethepowerconferr
edonSur veyOf f
icer
s
bysection139s hal
lvestinhim.

10.Demar
c at
ionandmai
ntenanc
eofboundar
ymar
ksbet
weenhol
dingandv
il
lage
road.
Sect
ion142.

Accordingt
os ec
tion142unles
stheboundar
iesofhisl
andar
edemar
cat
edandf
ixed
underanyoftheforegoi
ngpr
ovisi
onsoft
hisChapter
,
ev
eryhol
deroft
hel
andadj
oini
ngav
il
lager
oad

s
hal
lathi
sownc
ostandi
nthemannerpr
esc
ribed,
––

(
a)demarcat
etheboundar
ybet
weenhi
slandandv
il
lager
oadadj
oini
ngi
tbyboundar
y
marks;and

(
b)r
epai
randr
enews
uchboundar
ymar
ksf
rom t
imet
oti
me.

Accordi
ngtoclaus
e(2)ift
hehol
derfai
lst
odemarcat
etheboundar
yort
orepai
ror
renewtheboundarymar
ksasr
equi
redbysub-
sec
tion(1)

t
heCol
lec
tormay
,

aftersuchnoti
ceashedeemsfit
,causetheboundar
ytobedemar
cat
edort
he
boundarymarkstoberepai
redorrenewed

andmayr
ecov
ert
hec
osti
ncur
redasanar
rear
sofl
andr
evenue.

Accordi
ngtoc l
aus
e( 3)i
nt heeventofanydi
sput
er egar
dingthedemarc
ati
onofthe
boundaryorthemaintenanceoftheboundar
ymar ksinproperst
ateofr
epai
r,t
he
mattershal
lbedeci
dedbyt heColl
ect
orwhosedecisi
onshallbefi
nal
.

11.
Rightofwayov
erboundar
iesSec
tion143.

Accordi
ngtosec
tion143Tahsi
ldarmayi
nqui
reint
oanddec i
declai
msbypers
ons
hol
dinglandi
nas ur
veynumbertoari
ghtofwayoverboundar
iesofot
hers
urvey
numbers.

Claus
e(2)l
aysdownthati
ndec i
dings
uchcl
aims,t
heTahsi
ldars
hal
lhav
eregar
dtot
he
needsofcul
ti
vat
orsf
orreasonabl
eacces
stothei
rfi
elds
.

Accordingtocl
ause(3)theTahs i
l
dar’
sdec
isionundert
hissecti
onshal
l,s
ubj
ecttothe
pr
ov i
sionsofsub-sec
tions(4)and(5)
,besubjec
ttoappealandrev
isi
oninac
cordance
wi
tht heprovi
sionsofthisCode.

Accordi
ngtoc l
ause(
4)anyper sonwhoisaggr
ievedbyadeci
si
onoftheTahs
il
dar
underthi
ssecti
onmay ,wi
thinaperi
odofoneyearfrom t
hedateofs
uchdeci
sion,
i
nsti
tuteaciv
ilsui
ttohaveitsetasi
deormodif
ied.

Cause(5)s
tatwsthat whereac
ivi
lsui
thasbeenins
tit
utedunders
ub-secti
on(4)
agai
nstt
heTahsi
ldar’
sdeci
si
on,suc
hdecis
ionshal
lnotbesubjec
ttoappealorr
evis
ion.

12.
Demar
cat
ionofboundar
iesi
nthear
eaundert
ownpl
anni
ngs
chemeor
i
mpr
ovements
chemeorc
ons
oli
dat
ions
cheme.Sec
tion144.

Acc
ordingt
osect
ion144ass
oonaspos
sibl
eaf
teraf
inalt
ownpl
anni
ngs
chemeor
i
mprovements
chemeor

asc
hemefort
heconsoli
dat
ionofhol
dingshasc
omei
ntof
orc
einanyar
eaunderany
l
awinf
orc
eintheStat
e,

Col
lec
toristoalt
ertheboundar
iesfi
xedanddemarcat
edundertheprovi
si
onsofthi
s
Chapt
er ,s
oastoacc
ordwiththeplot
s,rec
onst
itut
edorlai
doutorconsol
idat
edunder
suchscheme,

Andforthatpur
pose,hemayc
aus
etobeer
ect
ed,c
ons
truc
tedandl
aidoutboundar
y
marksofsuchpl
otsonit.

t
heprovi
si
onsofthisChapterf
ortherecover
iesofc har
gess
hallappl
ytoeachpl
otsas
t
heyappl
yinrel
ati
ontot heconst
ruct
ion,maintenanceandr
epairofboundar
ymarks.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion145anyper
sonwho,

af
terasummaryi
nqui
rybef
oret
heCol
lec
tor
,orbef
oreSur
vey
Off
icer
,Tahs
il
daror
Nai
b-Tahs
il
dar
,

isprovedtohavewil
ful
lyer
ased,r
emovedori
njur
edaboundarymar
korsur
veymark
s
hallbeli
abletoafi
nenotexceedi
ngonehundr
edr upeesf
oreac
hmarks
oerased,
r
emov edorinj
ured.

Har
ichandaPundal
ikvSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra.2013(
6)ALLM R.

I
sont
hepoi
ntofr
ightofwayov
erboundar
yunders
ect
ion143ofCode.

Courthel
dthatr
ightofpassagetoagri
cul
tur
all
andsi
sindependentofeas
ement
ary
ri
ghtandcanbec l
aimedundersect
ion143ofCode.

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Modul03

1.
Rec
ordofRi
ght
s(Sec
tion147-
149.
)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Owners
hipandus
eoflandcanbeascer
tai
nedandguar
anteed,i
fthel
andr
ecor
dsar
e
kept
.Andthel
awsgov
erni
nglandrel
ati
onshi
psar
epubli
shed.
Thelandr
ecordsareasc
ertai
ningt
hes
tat
eofowner s
hipandpr
opert
yri
ghts.I
nland
deal
sandinvesti
gati
onlandrecor
dsi
sessent
ialt
oascer
tai
nwhotheact
ualowneris.

OvertimetheLawwhichdev
elopedt or
egulatel
andr
elat
ionshi
pshascometofoc
us
onc l
assi
fyi
ngtheper
sonsusi
nglandaccordingt
oownershipcat
egori
esandt
he
purposeforwhic
htheyar
eusingland.

Recor
dofRi
ghtislandrecordwher
eal
lsor
tsofr
ightandl
iabi
li
ti
esi
nres
pec
tofev
ery
pi
eceofl
andar
er egis
tered.

Subj
ec tofRecordofRightwasdis
cuss
edint
heyear1897forthepurpos
eof
set
tlement.Sett
lementisthepr
ocesswhi
chdet
erminesamountoflandpay
abl
etot
he
Government.

Afir
stc
odewasprepar
edonthi
ssubj
ecti
ntheyear1903.Thi
scodewasrepl
acedand
i
ncor
porat
edasc
hapter10-
AintheBombayLandRevenueCode,1913.

Theres
pons i
bil
it
yf orpaymentofrevenueisf
ixedonthebasi
soft
heRecor
dofRights.
Lat
eront hestat
utoryprovi
sionsoftheRecordofRight
sarei
ncor
por
atedi
nchapter
10-AoftheMahar ashtr
aLandRev enuecode1966.

I
mpor
tanc
eofr
ecor
dofr
ight
:-

Thepr ovi
s i
onsmadeintheMahar
ashtraLandRevenueCode,1966ar er
evenue-
oriented.Alt
houghrec
entti
melandrevenueisnotimportantsour
ceofincomeofthe
state,thi
srecordr
emainedi
mportantbecaus
et hi
sisregi
steredofri
ght
sandl i
abi
li
ti
es.

Afteri
ndependencerapiddevel
opmenti nindus
tryandc ommercetookplace,ar
ea
underurbaniz
ati
onisalsoinc
reased.Withtheresultpr
icesofl
andsoared.People
foundrealest
ateareli
ablepl
aceforinvest
ment .RecordofRightbecameoneoft he
mos ti
mpor t
antdocument sf
orinvesti
gati
onoft i
tl
e.

Regis
terofRec
ordofRi
ghtandRegist
ereofcropsi
spreparedandmaint
ainedby
Tal
athii
nthecombi
nedvil
lagef
orm VI
I-XI
IandRegi
steredofMutat
ioninvil
lagef
orm
VI.

I
nfor
mat
ionav
ail
abl
einr
ecor
dofr
ight
s:-

Arecor
dofri
ghtsshallbemai
ntai
nedi
nev
eryv
il
lageands
uchr
ecor
dshal
linc
ludet
he
f
oll
owingpar
tic
ular
s:-

a) thenamesofallper
sons(ot
hert
hantenants
)whoareholders,oc
cupant
s,
owner
sormortgagesofthel
andorassi
gneesofther
entorr
ev enue.
b)t
henamesofallpersonswhoarehol
dingasGovernmentless
eesort
enant
s
i
ncl
udi
ngtenant
swi thi
nt hemeani
ngoftherel
evanttenanc
ylaw

c)t
henatureandextentoft
herespecti
vei
nter
est
sofs
uchper
sonsandt
he
c
ondit
ionsorl
iabi
li
ti
es,i
fany,at
tachi
ngther
eto

d)t
her
entorr
evenue,i
fany
,pay
abl
ebyort
oanyofs
uchper
sons

e)s uchor
derpar
tic
ular
sast
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmaypr
esc
ribe,
byr
ules
,int
his
behalf
.

InStat
eofAndraPr
adeshvStarBoneMi l
l2013.Supr
emeCourtofi
ndi
aheldthat
rev
enuer ec
ordi
snotdocumentoftit
le.Itmerel
yrai
sespr
esumpti
onregar
ding
posses
sion.

Secti
on149istheprov
isi
onrel
atingtor
epor
tingaqui
si
ti
onofr
ighti
nanymanneras
pres
cribedi
nsecti
onit
sel
ftoTalathi
.

per
sonmayaqui r
er i
ghtbys
ucc
ess
ion,s
urv
ivor
shi
p,i
nher
itanc
e,par
tit
ionpur
chas
e,
mor
tgage,gi
ft,l
easeor

otherwis
e,r
ightashol
der ,occ
upant,owner,mort
gagee,l
andl
ord,Gover
nmentles
see
ortenantofthelands
ituatedinanypartoftheStat
eorassi
gneeoftherentor
revenue.

Onaquisi
tionpers
on shal
lreportor
all
yori
nwri
ti
nghi
sac
quisi
ti
onofs
uchr
ightt
o
theTal
athiwit
hinthr
eemonthsfr
om thedat
eofs
uchac
qui
sit
ion.

Andt hesai
dTalathishal
latoncegiveawr i
ttenacknowl
edgementoftherecei
ptof
suchreporttothepersonmakingit.
Providedthat,wher
ethepersonacqui
ri
ngt he
ri
ghtisami nororotherwi
sedisqual
ifi
ed,hisguardi
anorotherpers
onhavi
ngc harge
ofhispropertyshal
lmakethereporttotheTalathi.

Provi
dedf urt
herthat
,anyper
sonacqui
ri
ngari
ghtwit
htheper
missi
onoft heCol
lect
or
orbyvir
tueofar egis
ter
eddocumentshal
lbeexempt
edfor
mt heobl
igat
iontoreport
totheTalathi
.

whereapers
onc l
aimstohaveacquir
edari
ghtwi t
hthepermis
s i
onoft
heCollec
t or
ands uc
hpermissi
onisrequi
redundert
heprovis
ionsofthi
sCodeoranylawfort he
ti
mebeinginforc
e,suchpersonshal
lonberequi
redbytheTalat
hitoproduc
es uc h
evi
denceoftheorderbywhichsuchper
miss
ionisgiven.
Explanat
ionlc l
ari
fi
esthatri
ghtsment
ionedaboveincl
udeamortgagewithout
possessi
on.Butdonotincl
udeaneasementorac har
genotamount i
ngtoamor tgage
ofthekinds peci
fi
edinsect
ion100oftheTrans
ferofProper
tyAc
t ,1882

.
Explanati
onI
I.Clar
ifi
est
hatpersoninwhos
efavouramort
gagei
sdisc
hargedor
ext
inguis
hedorleasedet
ermined,ac
quir
esari
ghtwit
hint
hemeaningoft
hissec
tion.

Expl
anati
onII
I.Clar
ifi
esthat thet
erm Talat
hiincl
udesanyper
sonappoi
ntedbyt
he
Coll
ect
ortoperformt hedut
iesofaTal
athiundert
hisChapt
er.

Regi
sterofMut
ati
onsandDi
sput
edc
ases(
sec
tion150)

Thisi
sanot herprovisi
onrel
ati
ngt or
ecordofri
ghts.Accor
dingt osecti
on150
aquis
iti
onofr i
ghtundersecti
on149wheni ti
sreportedt
oTal athihes hallenteri
tin
regi
sterofmut at
ions.Heshal
lals
oenteranyint
imati
onofac quisi
ti
onort r
ans f
er
undersecti
on154orf r
om anyColl
ect
or.Ther
egist
erinwhic
haqui sit
ionofr i
ghtsas
mentionedinsection149isenter
ediscall
edRegi
sterofMutations.

Mutat
ionispr
oces
sofwher
ebyr
ighti
sent
eredorc
hanged.Andi
tisc
ont
inuous
pr
ocess.

InMahil
aBajrangivBadri
bai(
2003)S.C.C.SupremeCourthel
dthatmut
ation
proc
eedingsbefor
erevenueauthori
tyisnotjudici
alpr
oceedi
ngs
.Quest
ionsoft
itl
eto
i
mmov ablepropert
yarenotdec i
dedunderi t
.

Whenev eraTalat
himakesanent ryi
nt her egi
sterofmut at
ions
,hes hal
latthes ame
timepostupac omplet
ecopyoft heent r
yi nac onspicuousplacei
nt heChavdi,and
shal
lgivewri
ttenint
imati
ontoallpersonsappear i
ngfrom therecordofrightsor
regi
sterofmutati
onsasinter
estedint hemut ation,andt oanyotherpersonwhom he
hasreasontobeli
evetobeinter
estedt herein.

Di
splayofwri
tteni
nti
mationi
smandat
ory
.Cas
eont
hepoi
nti
sMar
zbanvSt
ateof
Maharasht
ra(
2004)MLJ.

obj
ect
iontoanyentr
ymadeundersub-
sec
tion(
1)i
nther
egi
sterofmut
ati
onsi
s
per
mittedei
theror
all
yori
nwri
ting.

Di
sput
edc
ases
:
Obj
ect
ionst
omut
ati
onent
ryi
scal
leddi
sput
edc
ases
.

Obj
ectionsmaybemade totheTalathi.I
tist
hedutyoftheTal
athit
oent
ert
he
par
tic
ularsoft
heobj
ect
ionsi
nar egis
t erofdi
sput
edcases.

TheTal
athigi
vesawr
itt
enac
knowl
edgementf
ort
heobj
ect
iont
otheper
sonmaki
ng
i
t.

Object
ions/disputesenter
edint
her egi
sterofdi
sput
edcasesshal
lasfaras
possi
blebedisposedofwi t
hinoneyearbyar ev
enueorsur
veyoff
icernotbelowt
he
rankofanAv alKarkun.

Ordersdi
spos
ingofobj
ect
ionsent
eredi
nsuc
hregi
sters
hal
lber
ecor
dedi
nthe
r
egis
terofmutat
ions
.

Thetransf
ert oentri
esfrom t her
egisterofmutat
ionstotherec ordofr
ight
ss hal
lbe
eff
ectedsubjecttosuchr ulesasmaybemadebyt heStateGov ernmentinthis
behalf
.Pr
ovidedt hat
,anent ryintheregist
erofmutati
onsshallnotbetransfer
redto
therecor
dofr ightsunt
ils uchentryhasbeendulycert
ifi
ed

Entri
esintheregi
sterofmutat i
onss
hallbetes
tedandiff
oundcor
rect
,orafter
cor
rec
tion,asthecas
emaybe,s hal
lbecer
tifi
edbyanyrev
enueors
urveyoff
icernot
bel
owther ankofanAv alKar
kun.

(
Provi
dedt
hat,entr
iesinr
espectofwhi
cht
her
eisnodi
sput
emaybet
est
edand
c
erti
fi
edbyaCircl
eInspec
tor.
)

(
Provi
dedf
urt
herthat
)nosuchentr
iess
hal
lbec
ert
ifi
edunl
essnot
icei
nthatbehal
fis
s
ervedont
hepart
iesconc
erned.

SECTION 151s tatesthatanyper s

onwhos er i
ghts,i
nterestsorliabil
iti
esar erequi
red
tobe,orhavebeenent eredinanyrecordorregis
ter,ont her equisi
tionofany
rev
enueoffic
erorTal athiengagedincompili
ngorr evi
singt herecordorr egi
s t
eris
boundtofurnis
horpr oduce,forhi
sinspec
tion,withi
nonemont hf r
om t hedat eof
suchrequi
si
tionallinformationordocument sneededf orthec orrectcompi lati
onor
rev
isi
on.

Ar ev
enueoffi
ceroraTal athitowhom anyi nf
or mationisfurnis
hedorbef
orewhom
anydocumentisproducedi nac cordancewi
thther equisit
ionundersub-
sec
tion(
1),
shal
latoncegi
veawr i
ttenac knowledgementands hallendor
s eonanydocumenta
noteunderhi
ssignaturestatingt hefac
tofit
spr oductionandt hedatet
her
eof.

Ev
eryhol
derofagr
icul
tur
all
and(
inc
ludi
ngat
enanti
fhei
spr
imar
il
yli
abl
etopayl
and
rev
enuetheref
or)
,onmaki
nganappli
cat
ioni
nthatbehal
finwri
ti
ng,maybes uppl
ied
bytheTal
athiwit
habookl
etc
ontai
ningacopyoftherec
ordofri
ghtsper
tai
ningto
suchl
and.

Thebookl etshallal
socontai
ninformat i
onregardingthepaymentoflandrevenuein
respectoflandandot herGovernmentduesbyt hehol deror
,asthecasemaybe,t he
tenantandal s
oinformationasrespectsthecul
tivati
onofhislandandtheareasof
cropssowni nitasshowni nthevil
lageaccountsands uchothermatt
ersasmaybe
prescr
ibed.

Everys uchbooklets hallbeprepared,is

suedandmai ntainedinaccordancewiththe
rul
esmadebyt heSt ateGovernmenti nthatbehalf
.Suc hrulesmaypr ovi
deforfeesto
bec hargedf orpreparing,i
ssuingandmai ntai
ningthebookl et.1(
Thefeessoc har
ged
may ,subjecttotheor dersoftheSt ateGovernment,ifany ,beret
ainedbyrevenue
offi
cerpr epari
ng,issuingandmai ntaini
ngthebooklet)

Wher eanybookletisprepar
ed,issuedormai ntai
nedimmedi atel
ybef or
et hecoming
i
ntoforceofthisAct,suchbooklets hal
lbedeemedt ohavebeenpr epared,i
ssuedand
maintai
nedinaccordancewiththepr ov
isi
onsofthisActandt herulesmade
ther
eunderunti
lprovisi
onismadef orprepar
ing,i
ssui
ngandmai ntaini
ngt hebookl
et
i
nanyot herfor
m ormannerundert her ul
esmadei nthatbehalfbyt heState
Government.

Everyinformationinsofarasitrelatest otherecor
dofri
ghts
,c ontai
nedinthe
bookletprepared,iss
uedormai ntainedordeemedt ohav
ebeenpr eparedi
ssuedor
maintainedinac cor
dancewiththepr ovisi
onsofthi
sCodeandt herul
esmade
ther
eunders hallbepres
umedt obet rueunti
lthecont
rar
yisprovedoruntilsuc
h
i
nformat i
onisdul ymodifi
edundert hisCode.)

Secti
on154i sabouti nti
mationt obegi venbyr egis
teri
ngof fi
cers
.ItstatesthatWhen
anydoc umentpur porti
ngtoc reate,assi
gnorex t
ingui
shanyt it
leto,orany ,chargeon,
l
andus edf oragricult
uralpurpos es,orinres
pec tofwhichar ecordofrightshasbeen
preparedisregisteredundert heI ndianRegi
strationAct,1908,theofficerregist
eri
ng
thedoc uments hallsendinti
mat i
ont otheTalathiofthev i
ll
ageinwhi c
ht helandi s
sit
uateandt ot heTahs il
daroft het al
uka.

Secti
on156.
Isprovisi
oninrespec
tofotherl
andr ecor
ds.
Itl
aysdownthati
nadditi
on
tothemap,theregist
ersandtherec
ordofright
st her
eshal
lbeprepar
edforeac
h
vi
ll
agesuchotherlandrecor
dsasmaybepr escr
ibed.

Sec
tion157i
saboutpr
esumpt
ionofc
orr
ect
nes
sofent
ryi
nrec
ordofr
ight
sand
regi
sterofmutati
ons
.Itstatesthatent r
yint
herec
ordofri
ghts,andac ert
ifi
edentry
i
nt heregi
sterofmutat
ionss hallbepres
umedtobetr
ueunti
lthec ont
raryinproved
oranewent ryisl
awf
ullysubs t
ituted.

I
nMangoFaki
raKol
ivThagubai2014MCR778

Courthel
dt hatmut
ationentr
yisf
orrevenue/fi
scalpurpos
eitdoesnotc
reat
eany
ri
ghtorti
tlewhichcanonlybedec
idedbyc i
vi
lcourts.

2.Ri
ght
sinunoc
cupi
edl
and.Sec
tions160-
167.

Theseri
ght
sar
eenumer
atedi
nNi
starPat
rak,Waz
ib-
ul-
arzandf
ishi
ngi
nGov
ernment
tanks
.

Ni
starpatr
ak:isregi
sterwherei
nr i
ghtscr
eat
edf
orc
ommuni
tyi
nGov
ernmentl
and
ar
erecorded.
ItispreparedbyColl
ector
.

Accor
dingtosecti
on161theColl
ectorshallpr
epareaNistarPatr
akconsi
sti
ngofa
sc
hemeofmanagementofallunoccupiedlandinavil
lageandallmat
tersi
ncident
alt
o,
i
tandmor epar
tic
ular
lyt
hematter
ss peci
fi
edi nsec
tion162.

(
2)AdraftoftheNist
arPatrakshal
lbepubl
is
hedi
nthev i
ll
ageandaft
erasc
ert
aini
ng
t
hewi s
hesoft her
esident
softhev i
ll
agei
nthemannerdeter
minedbytheCol
lect
or,i
t
s
hallbefinal
is
edbytheCollect
or.

(3)
Onar equestmadebyt hev
il
lagepanchayat
,orwheret her
eisnov i
ll
agepanc hayat
,
ontheapplic
ationofnotl
esst
hanone- f
ourthoftheadultresi
dentsofavil
lage,the
Coll
ect
ormay ,atanyti
me,modifyanyentr
yintheNistarPatrakaf
tersuchenquiryas
hedeemsf i
t.

Sec
tion162ofCodel
aysdownmat
ter
stobepr
ovi
dedi
naNi
starPat
rak—

(
a)t
het
ermsandc
ondi
ti
onsonwhi
chgr
azi
ngofc
att
lei
nthev
il
lagewi
llbeper
mit
ted

(
b)thet
ermsandcondi
ti
onsonwhi
chandt
heex
tentt
owhi
chanyr
esi
dentoft
he
v
il
lagemayobtai
n—

(
i)
wood,t
imber
,fueloranyot
herf
ores
tpr
oduc
e

(
ii
)mor
am,kankar
,sand,ear
th,c
lay
,st
onesoranyot
hermi
normi
ner
als

c
)ins
truc
tionsr
egul
ati
nggener
all
ythegr
azi
ngofc
att
leandr
emov
alofar
tic
les
ment
ionedi
npar
agr
aph(
b)

(
d)anyot
hermat
terr
equi
redt
ober
ecor
dedi
ntheNi
starPat
rakbyorundert
hisCode.

Accordingt
o163whil
epr
epar
ingaNi
starPat
rakt
heCol
lec
tors
hal
lmakepr
ovi
si
onf
or
fol
lowingmatt
ers:

(
a)f
reegr
azi
ngoft
hec
att
leus
edf
oragr
icul
tur
e;

(
b)r
emovalf
reeofc
hargebyt
her
esi
dent
soft
hev
il
lagef
ort
hei
rbonaf
idedomes
tic
c
onsumpti
onofany—

(
i)
for
estpr
oduc
t;

(
ii
)mi
normi
ner
als;

(
c)t
hec onces
s i
onstobegrant
edtothev
il
lagecraf
tsmenf
ort
her
emov
alofar
tic
les
s
pecif
iedinclause(
b)fort
hepurpos
eoftheirc
raft
.

Sec
tion164per
mit
sCol
lec
tort
ocr
eat
eri
ght
sofNi
starf
ornei
ghbour
ingv
il
lage.

I
tlay
sdownt
hat-

Wher etheCollectorisoftheopinionthatwas telandofanylandofvil

lageis
i
nsuffi
ci
entandi tisint hepubl
icinter
esttopr oceedunderthissect
ion,hemayaf t
er
s
uc henquir
yashedeemsf it
,orderthattheres i
dentsvi
ll
age.ofthevil
lageshal
lhavea
r
ightofNistarorar ightofgraz
ingc attl
e,asthec asemaybe,intheneighbouri
ng
v
ill
agetotheex tents peci
fi
edintheor der.

Ther esi
dentsofavil
lagehav
ingar i
ghtofgr az
ingcat
tlei
ntheneighbouri
ngvi
ll
age
unders ub-
secti
on(1),orgov
ernmentf ores
tmaymakeanappl icat
iontotheCol
lec
tor
forrecordi
ngtheirr
ightofpassageforthepurposeofexerc
isi
ngtheright
s.

If
,onenquir
yintoanappl i
cati
onmadeunders ub-
secti
on( 2)
,theCollectorfi
ndsthat
theri
ghtofpassageisreasonablyneces
sarytoenablesuchresident
st oex er
cis
ea
ri
ghttograzethei
rcatt
leinanyot hervi
ll
ageorinaGov ernmentf or
es t
,hes hal
lpass
anorderdecl
ari
ngthats uchrightofpassageexi
stsandshallstat
ethec onditi
ons
uponwhichitshal
lbeex er
cised.

TheCol
lec
torshal
l,t
hereupon,determi
netherout
eofpas s
agethroughunoc
cupi
ed
l
andandshal
lrest
ricts
uchr outeinsuc
hmannerast ocaus
eminimum inc
onveni
enc
e
tother
esi
dentsofthevil
lagethroughwhi
chitpasses.

TheCol
lec
tormay
,ifhet
hinksf
it,demar
cat
esuc
hrout
e.
(6)
Or der
spas
sedbyt
heCol
lec
torundert
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lber
ecor
dedi
ntheNi
star
Patrak.

(
7)Wherethevi
ll
agementi
onedinsub-
secti
on(
1)l
iei
ndi
ffer
entdi
str
ict
s,t
he
f
oll
owingprov
isi
onsshal
lappl
y,namel
y:—

(a)
theorder
sspec
ifyi
ngther
ightofNist
arortheri
ghtofgrazi
ngcatt
leshal
lbe
passedbytheCol
lec
tori
nwhos edi
str
ictthev
ill
ageoverwhic
hs uc
hrighti
sclai
med
l
ies;

(
b)anyor
der
sregar
dingr
out
eofpas
sagess
hal
lbepas
sedbyt
he

Col
lec
tori
nwhos
eres
pec
tiv
ejur
isdi
cti
ont
hear
eaov
erwhi
chpas
sagei
sal
lowedl
ies;

(
c)t
heCol
l
ect
orpas
singanor
deri
nac
cor
danc
ewi
thc
laus
es(
a)and

(
b)s
hal
lcons
ulti
nwr
iti
ngt
heot
herCol
lec
torc
onc
erned.

Sec
tion165:Waj
ib-
ul-
arz
.

I
tisr
egis
teri
nwhi
chColl
ect
orr
ecordcustomsinvi
ll
age.
Thesecustomsar
eint
he
f
orm ofr
ight
swhi
char
eenumer
atedi
nclausesa,bofsec
tion165.

Waj
ib-
ul-
arzi
spr
imaf
aci
eev
idenc
eofex
ist
enc
eofc
ust
om.

Secti
on165lay
sdownt hattheColl
ect
orshal
l,ac
cordi
ngtoanygeneralorspeci
al
ordermadebytheStat
eGov ernmenti
nthatbehalf
,as
cer
tai
nandr ec
or dthecust
oms
i
neac hvi
ll
agei
nregardto––

(
a)t
her
ightt
oir
rigat
ionorr
ightofwayorot
hereas
ement
s;

(
b)t
her
ightt
ofi
shi
ng;

i
nanylandorwaterbelongi
ngtoorc
ontrol
ledormanagedbyt
heSt at
eGover
nment
oral
ocalaut
hor
ity,andsuchrec
ordshal
lbeknownastheWaji
b-ul
-arzoft
hevil
lage.

Therecordmadeinpursuanc
eofs ub-
secti
on(1)shal
lbepubl
ishedbyt
heCol
lec
torin
suchmannerashemaydeem f itandi
tshal
l,s
ubjectt
othedecisi
onofaCi
vi
lCourti
n
thesui
tinst
itut
edundersub-secti
on(
3),befi
nalandconcl
usi
ve.

Anypersonaggri
evedbyanyent r
ymadeinsuchrecor
dmay,wit
hinoneyearf
rom t
he
dat
eoft hepubli
cat
ionofsuc
hr ecor
dundersub-s
ecti
on(
2),i
nsti
tut
easuiti
naCivi
l
Courtt
ohav esuchentr
ycancel
ledormodif
ied.

Waj
ib-
ul-
arzmaybemodi
fi
edonf
oll
owi
nggr
ounds:
(
a)t
hat
,al
lper
sonsi
nter
est
edi
nsuc
hent
rywi
sht
ohav
eitmodi
fi
ed;or

(
b)t
hat
,byadec
reei
nac
ivi
lsui
t,i
thasbeendec
lar
edt
obeer
roneous;or

(
c)t
hat,bei
ngfoundedonadecr
eeororderofaCi
vi
lCour
torontheor
derofa
r
evenueoffi
cer
,iti
snoti
naccor
dancewithsuc
hdecr
eeoror
der;or

(d)
that
,beingsof
ounded,suc
hdec
reeoror
derhass
ubs
equent
lybeenv
ari
edon
appeal
,rev
isi
onorrev
iew;or

(
e)t
hat
,theCi
vi
lCour
thasbyadec
reedet
ermi
nedanyc
ust
om ex
ist
ingi
nthev
il
lage.

Sec
tion166i
saboutr
egul
ati
onoff
ishi
ngr
ightwhi
chi
spar
tofWaj
ib-
ul-
arz
.

I
tlay
sdownt
hatt
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmaymaker
ulesf
orr
egul
ati
ng,
––

(
a)f
ishi
ngi
nGov
ernmentt
anks;

(
b)t
her
emov
alofanymat
eri
alsf
rom l
andsbel
ongi
ngt
otheSt
ateGov
ernment
.

(2)
Suc
hr ul
esmaypr
ovi
defort
heissueofper
mit
s,theconditi
onsatt
achi
ngt
osuc
h
permi
tsandthei
mposi
ti
onoffeest
heref
orandotheri
ncidentalmat
ter
s.

Sect
ion167pr
esc
ribedpuni
shmentf
ormaki
ngc
ont
rav
ent
ionofs
ect
ions161-
166of
Code.

Itl
aysdownt hat anyper sonwhoac tsincontr
aventi
onoft heprovisi
onsi nsecti
ons
161t o166orr ulesmadeunders ecti
on166orwhoc ontravenesorfail
st oobser
v eany
rul
esorc us t
om ent eredi ntheWaj i
b-ul
-arzorcommi t
sabr eachofanyent r
yentered
i
nt heNi s
tarPat raks hal
lbel i
abletosuchpenaltynotexceedingrupeesonet housand
astheCol lect
ormay ,aftergivi
ngs uchpersonanopportunitytobehear d,deem fi
t;
andt heCol l
ectormayf urtherorderconfi
scat
ionofanypr oduce,oranyot herpr
oduc e
whichs uchper sonmayhav eappropri
atedorremovedf r
om landsbelongingt othe
StateGov ernment .

(2)
Wher etheCollec
torpassesanorderimposingapenal
tyunderthi
ssecti
on,hemay
dir
ectthatthewhol eoranypartofthepenal
tymaybeappliedtomeetingthecos
tof
suchmeas ur
esasmaybenec essar
ytopreventlos
sorinj
urytothepubli
cowingto
suchcontravent
ion,breac
hornon- obser
vance.

3.Real
is
ati
onofl
andRev
enueandot
herRev
enuedemands(
sec
tions168-
184)
.
Li
abi
li
tyf
orLandRev
enue:Sec
tion168.

Thi
spr ovi
si
onc l
ari
fi
eswhoar el
iabl
etopaylandrevenueandinres
pec
tofwhich
l
and.Thisprov
isi
onc l
ass
ifypers
onsaspersonsprimari
lyl
iabl
etopayl
andr
evenueand
per
soni npossess
ionincasedef
aulti
smadebyf ormerpersons.

Ac
cor
dingt
o168i
ncas
eof
––

(
a)unal
ienat
edl
and,t
heoc
cupantort
hel
ess
eeoft
heSt
ateGov
ernment;

(
b)al
ienat
edl
and,t
hes
uper
iorhol
der;and

(
c)l
andint
heposses
sionoft
enant
,sucht
enanti
fhei
sli
abl
etopayl
andr
evenue
t
heref
orundert
herel
evantt
enanc
ylaw,

shal
lbepri
maril
yli
abl
et otheStateGov
ernmentf
ort
hepaymentoft
hel
andr
evenue
andallar
rear
soflandrevenue,duei
nrespec
toft
heland

J
ointoccupant
sandjointhol
der
swhoar
epr
imar
il
yli
abl
eundert
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lbe
j
oint
lyandseveral
lyl
iabl
e.

Incaseofdefaultbyanypersonwhoisprimari
lyli
abl
eundert
hissec
tionthel
and
rev
enue,inc
ludingar r
earsasaf
ores
aid,s
hallberecov
erabl
efr
om anypers
onin
possess
ionofthel and.

Howeveri
fsuchper
soni satenant
,theamountrec
over
abl
efr
om hi
mshal
lnotex
ceed
thedemandsoft
hey earinwhicht
herecov
eryismade.

whenl andr evenuei sr

ecover
edundert hi
ssecti
onfrom anypersonwhoi snot
pri
marilyli
ablefort hesame,suchpersonshal
lbeallowedcredi
tforanypayments
whichhemayhav edulymadet othepersonwhoi spri
maril
yli
able,andshal
lbe
enti
tl
edt ocr edi
t,fortheamountr ec
overedfr
om him,inaccountwi t
hthepers
onwho
i
sprimar i
lyl
iable.

Pr
ior
ityofCl
aim ofSt
ateGov
ernmental
lot
her
s.Sec
tion169

Thi
spr ovi
si
onmakesc l
aim ofSt
ateGover
nmentinrespec
tofarr
earsoflandr
evenue
asparamountchar
geonland.Anddoithaspr
ior
ityoveral
luns
ecuredcl
aimsagai
nst
anylandorhol
derther
eof.

Accordi
ngtos ect
ion169t hear
rearsofl
andr evenuedueonac countoflands hal
lbea
paramountchargeont hel
andandonev er
ypar tthereofandshallhaveprecedence
overanyotherdebt,demandorclai
m whatsoever,whetheri
npr ecedenc
er espectof
mort
agage,judgment-
decree,ex
ecut
ionoratt
achment
,orot
her
wis
eov
eral
lot
her
s.
howsoev
er,agains
tanylandortheholdert
her
eof.

ThaneJ
ant
aSahakar
iBankvCommi
ssi
onerofSal
eTax.
2006(
6)Bom CR.

Isonthepoint
.I
nt hi
scas
ebank'sri
ghttor
ecoveramountbywayofmor
tgagewasnot
uphel
d.ButGovernmentcl
aim wasgi
venpr
ior
ity
.

Ti
mef
orPay
mentofLandRev
enue s
ect
ion170.

Thi
spr
ovi
si
onc l
ari
fi
est
ime/dat
esonwhi
chl
andr
evenuef
all
sdueandpay
abl
e.I
tis
pay
abl
eonfi
rstdayofr
evenueyear

Secti
on170l aysdownthatt helandrevenuepayableonac countofarevenueyear
shal
lfalldueont hef
irs
tdayoft hatyear.Butex
c eptwhent emporar
yattachment
andmanagementofav il
lageors hareofav i
ll
ageisdeemednec essar
yunderdue
undertheprovisi
onsofsec t
ion171,pay mentwillberequi
redonlyont hedatestobe
fi
xedaspr ovi
dedundersub- sec
t i
on(2).

TheSt at
eGov er
nmentmaymakerulespr ov
idingf orthepaymentoflandrevenuei
n
i
nstalmentsandondates(
herei
naf
terr ef
erredt oasthe“prescri
beddates
”)
subsequenttothef
irs
tdayofther
ev enueyear ,andsuchrulesmayprescri
bethe
personstowhom andthepl
aceswher eatsuchi nstal
mentss hal
lbepai
d.

Thepaymentofl
andrevenuetotheper
sonprescr
ibedundersub-s
ect
ion(2)maybe
madeincashormay,atthecostoft
heremi
tter
,ber emi
ttedbymoneyorder.

Anyperi
odinter
veni
ngbet weenthefir
stdayoftherevenuey
earandanydatef
ixed
fort
hepaymentoflandrevenuebys uchr
ulesshal
lbedeemedtobeaperiodofgrace,
andshal
lnotaff
ecttheprovi
sionsofsub-s
ecti
on(1).

Stat
eGovernmentisauthori
sedundercl
ause2ofthi
ssec
tionyoumakerul
esfor
paymentoflandrevenueandthepersontowhom andpl
aceswher
eati
tistobe
made.

Sec
tion171 per
mitsColl
ect
orattac
hmentofvi
ll
ageorshareofv
il
lageand
managementofvi
ll
ageifheappr
ehendst
hatrev
enues hal
lnotbepaid.

Itl
aysdownthatIfowi
ngtodisputesamongstthesharesorforothercause,t
he
Coll
ect
ordeemst hatt
helandrevenuepayabl
einrespectofanyholdingconsi
sti
ngof
anenti
revi
ll
ageorofashareofavil
lagewi
llnotbepaidasitfal
lsdue,hemayc ause
thevi
ll
ageors har
eofvi
ll
agetobeattachedandtakenundert
hemanagementof
hims
elf,oranyagentwhom heappoi
ntsforthatpurpos
e.

Theprov i
sionsofs ecti
on186s hal
lapplytoanyv il
lageorshar eofav i
ll
ages oatt
ached
andallsurplusprofit
soft helandattached,beyondt hecostofs uchattachmentand
management ,i
ncludingthepay mentsoft helandrev enueandt hec os
toft he
i
ntroducti
onofar evenues ur
v ey,i
fthes amebeint roducedundert hepr ovi
si
onsof
sec
tion187s hal
lbekepti ndepos i
tfortheev entualbenefi
toft heper sonorpersons
enti
tl
edt ot hesame,orpai dtot hesai
dper sonorper s
onsf r
om t i
met ot i
measthe
Col
lectormaydi rect.

Accordi
ngto173anylandrevenuedueandnotpai
donorbef or
ethepres
cri
beddates
becomesanarr
ear,andthepersonsres
pons
ibl
eforitundert
heprovi
si
onsofsec
tion
168orother
wisebecomedefaulter
s.

Secti
on174pr escri
bedpenal t
yf ordefaultofpaymentofl andrevenue.I tl
aysdown
that I
fanyinstal
mentofl andr evenueoranypar tthereofisnotpaidwithinone
monthaftertheprescr
ibeddat e,theCollectormayinthec aseofawi l
fuldefaul
ter
i
mpos eapentaltynotexceeding[ twenty-fi
vepercent.oftheamountnots opaidor
suchamountasmaybepr es c
ribed,whichev eri
shigher.

Pr
oces
sofRec
over
yofl
andRev
enueEnf
orc
ement:
Sec
tion176-
184.

Ac
cor
dingt
o176anar
rear
sofl
andr
evenuemayber
ecov
eredasunder
-

(
a)bys
erv
ingawr
itt
ennot
iceofdemandont
hedef
aul
terunders
ect
ion178;

(b)
byforf
eit
ureoftheoc
cupanc
yoral
ienat
edhol
dingi
nres
pec
tofwhi
cht
hear
reari
s
dueundersect
ion179;

(
c)bydi
str
aintands
aleoft
hedef
aul
ter
’smov
abl
epr
oper
tyunders
ect
ion180;

(
d)byat
tac
hmentands
aleoft
hedef
aul
ter
’si
mmov
abl
epr
oper
tyunders
ect
ion181;

(
e)byat
tac
hmentoft
hedef
aul
ter
’si
mmov
bal
epr
oper
tyunders
ect
ion182;

(
f)byar
res
tandi
mpr
isonmentoft
hedef
aul
terunders
ect
ions183and184;

(g)
inthec
aseofal
ienatedholdi
ngconsi
sti
ngofenti
revil
lages,orshar
esofvil
lages
,by
att
achmentoft
hes ai
dv i
ll
agesors
haresofvi
ll
agesunders ec
tions185to190.

Howev
ert
hepr
oces
sess
pec
ifi
edi
ncl
aus
es(
c),(
d)and(
e)s
hal
lnotper
mitt
he
at
tac
hmentof-

(i
)thenec es
sarywear
ingapparel
,cookingves
sel
s,bedsandbeddingoft
hedef
aul
ter,
hiswifeandc hi
ldr
en,andsuchpersonalor
namentsas,i
naccordancewi
tht
herel
i
gious
usagec annotbepart
edwithbyanywoman;

(i
i)
tool
sofart
isansand,i
fthedef
aul
teri
sanagr
icul
tur
ist
,hi
simpl
ement
sof
husbandr
y.

(
ii
i)
art
icl
ess
etas
ideex
clus
ivel
yfort
heus
eofr
eli
giousendowment
s;

(i
v)housesandot
herbuil
dings(wit
hthemateri
alsandsi
test
her
eofandtheland
i
mmedi atel
yappurt
enanttheret
oandneces
s ar
yf ort
hei
renj
oyment
),bel
ongingtoan
agric
ult
uris
tandoccupi
edbyhi m.

Acc
ordi
ngtosecti
on 178anot
iceofdemandmaybei
ssuedonoraf
tert
hedayon
whi
chthear
rearaccr
ues.

TheCommissi
onermayf rom ti
met ot i
memakeor der
sfortheis
s ueofsuchnotices.
Andwitht
hes anc
tionoftheStateGov ernmentshal
lfi
xthecostsrecov
erablefrom
thedef
aul
terasanarrearofrevenue,anddir
ectbywhatoffi
cersuchnoticesshallbe
i
s s
ued.

Secti
on179permitst heColl
ectortoforfei
tehol
ding.Itl
aysdownt hatthe
Col
lect
ormay decl
aretheoccupancyorali
enatedhol
dinginrespec
tofwhi c
han
ar
rearofl
andr
evenueisdue,t
obef or
fei
tedtotheStateGovernment,
.

HowevertheCol
lec
tors
hal
lnotdec
lar
eanys
uchoc
cupanc
yoral
ienat
edhol
dingt
obe
for
fei
ted––

(a)
unlessprevi
ousl
yissuedapr
ocl
amat
ionandwri
ttennot
icesoftheint
ended
declar
ati
oni nthemannerpr
ovi
dedbys
ecti
ons192and193f ors
alesofimmovabl
e
property,and

(b)
unti
laf
tert
heexpirati
onofatl
eas
tfift
eendaysfrom t
helates
tdat
eonwhi
chany
ofthesai
dnoti
cesshallhav
ebeenaf
fix
edasrequir
edbys ec
tion193.

Accordi
ngtosecti
on180theColl
ectormayal
soc aus
et hedef
aulter
’smovabl
e
propert
ytobedis
trai
nedandsol
dbys uchof
fic
ersorc l
assofoff
icer
sastheColl
ect
or
undertheor
dersoftheSt
ateGovernmentmayfrom ti
met oti
medi rec
t.

Sec
tion181per
mitsColl
ect
ortocausether
ight
,ti
tl
eandi
nteres
tofthedef
ault
er(not
bei
ngapersonbel
ongingtoaSchedul
edTri
bes)i
nanyimmovablepr
oper
tyothert
han
t
hel
andonwhi
cht
hear
reari
sduet
obeat
tac
hedands
old.

Acc or di
ngt osecti
on182I ftheCol lec
tordeemsitinexpedi
enttoadoptanyoft he
proc es s
ess peci
fi
edi ntheabov epr ovi
sionsf
orrecoveryofarr
ears[
hes hall
,incase
wher et heimmov abl
epr oper
tybel ongst oaper
sonbelongingtoaSc heduledTri
be,
andi nanyot hercase,hemay ,]caus etheimmovablepropert
yofadef aul
tertobe
attac hedandt akenundert hemanagementofhi ms el
foranyagentwhom hemay
appoi ntf orthatpurpose.

TheColl
ectorortheagents
oappoi nt
eds hal
lbeenti
tl
edtomanagethelandsattac
hed
andtorecei
veallrent
sandprofi
tsaccrui
ngtheref
rom unt
ilt
heCol
lect
orrestor
esthe
def
ault
ertot hemanagementthereof
.

Alls
urpluspr
ofit
softhelandat
tac
hed,beyondthec
ostofsuchat
tachmentand
management,incl
udi
ngthepaymentofthecurr
entr
evenue,s
hal
lapplyi
ndefray
ing
thearr
earsdueinres
pectofsuchl
ands.

Thelandsoattac
hedshal
lberel
easedfrom at
tachmentandres
tor
edtot
hedef
aul
ter
onhismakinganappli
cat
iont
ot heColl
ectorforthatpur
pos
eatanyt
imewi
thi
n
twel
veyearsfr
om thedat
eofattachment––

(
a)ifatthet
imet
hats
uchappl
ic
ati
oni
smadei
tappear
sthatt
hear
rearhasbeen
l
iquidat
ed;or

(
b)i
fthedefaul
teri
swi
ll
ingt
opaythebal
ance,i
fany,st
il
lduebyhi
m,ands
hal
ldos
o
wit
hinsuc
hperiodast
heColl
ect
ormayspec
ifyinthatbehal
f.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion181Col
lec
tormays
aledef
aul
ter
’si
mmov
bal
epr
oper
ty.

Accor
dingtosecti
on183default
ermaybear rest
ed.I
tlaysdownt hatatanyti
me
aft
eranyarr
earbecomesdue,thedef
aulter(
notdetentionofbeinganargi
cul
turi
st
fr
om whom sucharreari
nrespec
tofhisoccupancyi
sdef aul
terdue)maybearres
ted
anddetai
nedincustodyfort
endaysi
nt heoffi
ceoftheCol l
ectororofaTahs
il
dar.

Howevernosucharr
ests
hal
lbemadeunles
sthedefaul
tiswi
lf
ulandt
hedef
aul
teri
s
gi
venanopor
tunit
ytoshowcaus
eagai
nsthisar
res
tanddetenti
on.

I
f,ont
heex
pir
yoft
enday
stheamountduebyt
hedef
aul
teri
snotpai
dthenor

i
ftheColl
ect
ordeemsfi
tonanyear
li
erday,hemaybes
entbyt
heCol
lec
tort
o
i
mpr i
sonmenti
ntheci
vi
ljai
loft
hedi
stri
ct.

Howev
ernodef
aul
ters
hal
lbedet
ainedi
nimpr
isonmentf
oral
ongerper
iodt
hant
he
t
imel
imi
tedbyl
awi
nthec
aseoft
heex
ecut
ionofadec
ree.

Accor
dingtos ec
t i
on184theSt ateGovernmentmay ,fr
om timet ot
ime,declar
eby
whatoffi
cersorc l
assofof
fic
er s
,thepowersofar res
tconferredbysecti
on183may
beexerci
sed,andalsofi
xthec ostsofarr
estandt heamountofs ubsi
stencemoneyto
bepaidbytheSt ateGover
nmentt oanydefaul
terunderdetenti
onorimpr i
sonment
.

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Modul
e04

Rev
enueOf
fic
ers:
Thei
rPower
sandDut
ies
.(Sec
tions5-
19)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Maharas
ht r
aLandRev enueCodehasbeenenactedbyLegi
sl
atureof
Maharas
ht r
a.Objec
tofCodeass t
atedi
nitsPreamblei
stoadminis
terr
evenueandt
o
r
ecoverlandrevenue.

TheCodehasmadepr ovi
sionsforadmini
str
ationofrevenueand r
ecoveryofl
and
rev
enue.Revenueoff
icer
sdi s
chargevari
ousfuncti
onsandalsoper
form dut
ies
rel
ati
ngtol
andr ev
enueaspr escri
bedunderc ode.

Whoar eRevenueofficer
?Secti
on2(31)defi
nedrev
enueoffic
er.Ac cordi
ngt oit
off
icerwhoi sappointedunderCode andempl oyedforbusinessoflandrevenueor
i
nbus inessofsurvey,asses
sment,ac
countsorr
ecordsconnectedwithiti
sc al
led
rev
enueof fi
cer.

Commiss
ioneri
ndivi
si
on,Col
lector
,SurveyOf
fic
ersofv
ariousranksar
eappoi
ntedby
Stat
eGovernmenti
nthi
sregard.Sotheyarer
evenueof
fic
ers.

Pr
ovi
si
onsRel
ati
ngt
oRev
enueOf
fic
ers
.

Maharas
htr
aLandRev
enueCodel
aysdownf
oll
owi
ngi
mpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
o
r
evenueoff
icer
s

1.Chi
efCont
rol
li
ngAut
hor
ityi
nrev
enuemat
ter
s.(
Sec
tion5)

Accordi
ngt
osec
tion5t
hec
hiefc
ont
rol
li
ngaut
hor
ityi
nal
lmat
ter
sconnec
tedwi
th
theland

revenueinhi
sdivi
si
onisves
tedint
heCommiss
ioner,
.Hei
ssubj
ectt
osuper
int
endenc
e,
dir
ec t
ionandcont
roloft
heStat
eGover
nmentmatter
s.
Heper
for
msc
ert
ainpower
sanddi
schar
gef
unc
tionsass
tat
edi
nCode.

I
nSaddruddi
nvPatwardhan1965Mah.LJ.PowerofCommi
ssi
onerwasques
tioned
Cour
theldconf
ermentofpowerunderCodeval
id.

2.
Rev
enuOf
fic
ersi
nDi
vi
si
ons
.(Sec
tion6.
)

TheStat
eGover
nments hal
lappoi
ntaCommi ssi
onerforeachdi
vis
ionRevenueand
mayappoi
nti
nadivis
ionanAdditi
onalCommissi
onerands omanyoff
icer
sin
Ass
ist
antCommiss
ioner
sasmaybeex pedient
,toassi
sttheCommissi
oner.

3.
Rev
enueOf
fic
eri
nDi
str
ict
s.(
Sec
tion7.)

TheStat
eGovernments hal
lappoi
ntaColl
ectorforeac
hdi
str
ictwhos
hal
lbei
n
char
geoftherevenueadminist
rat
ionofdi
str
ict.

Tahs
ildarforeac
htal
ukashal
lbet
hec
hiefof
fic
erent
rus
tedwi
tht
hel
ocalr
evenue
administ
rati
onofatal
uka.

Cause(2)stat
esthatSt
ateGover
nmentmayappoi
ntoneormor
eAddi
ti
onal
Coll
ect
orsandineachdi
str
ict
.

Andal soAss
istantColl
ect
orsandDeput yColl
ect
ors,
oneormor eNai
b-Tahs
ildar
sina
tal
uka,andoneormor eAddit
ionalTahsi
ldar
sorNaib-
Tahsi
ldar
sands uchother
personstoass
istther
evenueoffi
cers.

Clause(
3)lay
sdownthattheColl
ect
ormaypl
aceanyAs
sis
tantorDeput
yCol
lec
tori
n
chargeofoneormor
es ub-di
vi
si
onsofadi
srt
ict
,

ormayhi
msel
fret
ainc
har
get
her
eof
.

Suc
hAs
sis
tantorDeput
yCol
lec
tormayal
sobec
all
edaSub-
Div
isi
onalOf
fic
er.

Accor
dingto c l
ause(4)t
heCol
lec
tormayappoi
ntt
oeac
hdi
str
ictCi
rcl
eOf
fic
ers
andCir
cleI
nspec
torst
obeinchar
geofaCirc
le,

andoneormor
eTal
athi
sforas
aza,

andoneormor
eKot
wal
sorot
herv
il
lages
erv
ant
sforeac
hvi
ll
ageorgr
oupofv
il
lages
.

4.
Sur
veyOf
fic
ers
.(Sec
tion8)

Accordi
ngt osecti
on8t heSt
ateGovernmentmayappoint“Sett
lement
Commi ssi
oner”,“
Direc
torofLandRecords
”,“
Deput
yDi r
ectorofLandRecor
ds”,
“Superi
ntendentsofLandRecords
”,“
Settl
ementOff
icer
s”,“Dis
tri
ctIns
pect
orsof
LandRec ords
”and“ SurveyTahs
il
dars.Thepurposeoft hei
rappoi
ntmenthasbeen
spec i
fi
edinchaptersrel
ati
ngtorevenuesurvey,asses
smentands et
tlementofl
and
revenueofagric
ulturall
andandnon-agric
ult
urallandandboundaryabsboundary
mar ks.

Howeveracc
ordi
ngtos
ecti
on9theStat
eGover
nmentisper
mi t
tedtoappoi
ntone
andthesamepers
ontoanytwoormoreoft
heoff
icesf
ordi
schargi
ngf
uncti
ons
Stat
edinCode.

Andt oc
onferuponanoffi
cerofonedenominat
ional
loranyoft
hepower
sordut
ies
ofanyot
heroffi
cerorof
fic
erswit
hincer
tai
nlocall
imi
ts.

Accordingtosec
tion 9At heSt ateGovernmentmaydi rectthatthepower softhe
StateGovernmentt omakeappoi ntmentsundersecti
on7,s ecti
on8ors ecti
on9in
respectofsuchr
ev enueors urv
eyOf f
icer
sands ubj
ecttos uchc ondit
ions,maybe
exerci
sablebyOffi
c ernotbelowtherankoftheCollector,orSuperintendentofLand
Records.

Accor
dingt
os ec
tion11Al
lr
evenueof
fic
erss
hal
lbes
ubor
dinat
etot
heSt
ate
Gov
ernment.

Accor
dingtoc
laus
e(2)allr
evenueoffi
cer
sinadivi
sions hal
lbes
ubordinat
etothe
Commissi
oner
,andal
lrev
enueof f
icer
sinadis
tri
ctshallbesubor
dinat
et othe
Col
lec
tor.

Claus
e( 3)lay
sdownt hatallot
herrev
enueof
fic
ersi
ncl
udi
ngs
urv
eyof
fic
erss
hal
lbe
s
ubordinated,theonetotheother
.

Secti
on12Codel aysdownt hattheappointmentofalloff
icer
sofandabov
ethe
rankofTahsi
ldar
,Dis
tri
ctInspect
orofLandRec ordsmadeunder6,7,8and9shal
lbe
dulynoti
fi
ed.Buttheappointmentshal
ltakeeffectf
rom thedateonwhi
chanoff
icer
assumeschargeofhisoff
ice.

5.
Power
sanddut
iesofr
evenueof
fic
ers(
sec
tion13)

Acc ordi
ngt osection13rev enueoff
icersofandabov etherankofaTahs i
ldar(not
beingAddi tionalCommi s
sioner,Assi
stantCommi ss
ioner,Addi
tionalColl
ectoror
Addi t
ionalTahsil
dar)shal
lex er
cis
ethepower sanddischargeoff
icersthedutiesand
func t
ionsconferredandimpos edont hem underthisCodeorunderanyl awf orthe
ti
mebei nginforce.

Al
soot
herpower
s,dut
iesandf
unc
tionsofappeal
,super
int
endenc
eandc
ont
rol
wi
thi
nt hei
rres
pect
ivejur
isdic
tionandov
ert
heof
fic
erss
ubor
dinat
etot
hem
pr
esc
ribedbytheStateGov er
nment.

TheCollec
tormayals
oex er
cisethroughouthi
sdist
ric
tallthepowersanddis
char
ge
al
ltheduti
esandfunct
ionsconferredorimposedonanAs sis
tantorDeput
yColl
ector
undert
hisCodeorunderanylawf ortheti
mebeinginf or
ce.

AndaTahsi
ldars
hal
lals
oexerci
sesuchpowersasmaybedelegatedt
ohim byt
he
Col
lec
tor
sunderthegener
alorspeci
alor
der
soft heSt
ateGovernment.

Claus
e( 2)l
aysdownt hat r
evenueof f
icersafor
esaidshal
lals
o,exer
cis
esuchpower
s
anddisc
hargesuchdut i
esandfunct
ions ,astheStateGovernmentmayc onf
eror
i
mpos eonthem forthepurposeofc arryi
ngoutt heprovi
si
onsofCodeoranylawfor
theti
mebeingin-for
c e.

TheAdditi
onalCommissionerandt heAssi
stantCommi ssi
oner,andtheAdditi
onal
Coll
ect
orandt heAddi
tionalTahsi
ldarshal
lex er
cis
ewi t
hinhisjuri
sdict
ionsuch
powersanddischar
gesuc hduti
esandf unct
ionsoft heCommi ssi
oner,theCol
lec
toror
,
,theTahsi
ldarundert
hepr ovis
ionsofthisCodeorunderanyl awf ortheti
mebeingin
for
ce.

TheSub-
Div
isi
onalOf
fic
ers
hal
l

per
form al
lthedutiesandfunct
ionsandexer
cis
eallt
hepower
sconf
err
edupona
Col
lec
torinr el
ati
ont othesub-
divi
sioni
nhischar
ge.

HowevertheColl
ectormaydirectanysuchSub-Di
vi
sionalOffi
cernottoper f
orm
cer
tai
ndut i
esorexerci
secer
tai
npower sandmayreservethesamet ohi
ms elfor
ass
ignthem toanyAssist
antorDeputyColl
ect
orsubordinat
etot heCol
lec
t or.

Assis
tantorDeputyCol
lectorwhoi
snotpl
acedi
nchar
geofasub-
div
isi
on,t
he
Col
lectors
hal
lassi
gndutiesandpower
sashemayfr
om ti
metoti
medeem fi
t.

TheCollec
tormayas
signt
oaNaib-
Tahsi
ldarwi
thi
nhisl
ocall
imi
tssuc
hdut
ies
,
func
tionsandpower
sofaTahs
il
darashemaytimetoti
medeem fi
t.

Tahsi
ldarorNai
b-Tahs
ildarmayempl
oyanyofhi
ssubor
dinat
est
oper
for
m any
port
ionofhismini
ster
ialduti
es.

Howeveral
lact
sandorder
sofhiss
ubor
dinateswhensoemployeds
hal
lbel
iabl
eto
rev
isi
onandconfi
rmat
ionbysuc
hTahsi
ldarorNai
b-Tahsi
ldar
.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e(7)t
her
evenueof
fic
erss
hal
lac
tac
cor
dingt
othei
nst
ruc
tionsof
t
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

6.
Power
sandDut
iesofSur
veyOf
fic
er,
Cir
cleOf
fic
ers(
Sec
tion14)

Acc
ordingtosect
ion14thes
urveyoff
icersar
evest
edwiththecogni
sanc
eofal
l
matt
ersconnect
edwitht
hesurv
ey,set
tlementandrec
ordofri
ght

andshal
lexer
cis
eallsuc
hpowersandper
form al
lsuc
hdut
iesasmaybepr
ovi
dedby
t
hisCodeoranylawforthet
imebei
nginfor
ce.

Howev er DeputyDirectorofLandRecordss
hallexerc
isesuc
hpower sanddischarge
suchdutiesandfunctions,asareex
erc
isedordischar
gedbyt heDir
ectorofLand
RecordsunderthisCodeorunderanyl awforthetimebeinginfor
ceins uc
hc asesor
cl
assesofc as
es,astheSt ateGover
nmentorDi r
ectorofLandRecordsmaydirect.

Clause(2)lay
sdownt hattheCir
cleOffi
cerandt heCirc
leInspec
tori
nchar
geofa
ci
rcleshallexer
cis
esuchpowersovertheTalathii
nhi sci
rcl
eandperf
ormsuchdut
ies
andf unc
tionsasmayf r
om ti
met oti
mebepr escr
ibed.

TheTal
athis
hallberesponsi
blef
ort hec
oll
ect
ionofl
andr
evenueandal
lamount
s
rec
over
ableasarrear
soflandrevenue

andf
ort
hemai
ntenanc
eoft
her
ecor
dofr
ight
s

ands
hal
lper
for
m al
lsuc
hdut
iesandf
unc
tionsasar
epr
ovi
ded

byt
hisCodeoranyl
awf
ort
het
imebei
ngi
nfor
ce

orbyor
deroft
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

TheColl
ectorshal
ldeter
minefr
om t
imet
oti
mewhatr
egi
ster
s,ac
count
sandot
her
rec
ordsshallbekeptbyaTal
athi
.

Acc
ordingtoclaus
e(5)i
tisdutyofaTalat
hitopr
epar
e,whenev
ercal
leduponby
anysuperi
orrev
enueorpol
iceof
fic
erofthetal
ukaordi
str
ictt
odoso

allwr
iti
ngsc onnec
t edwit
ht heconcernsofav i
ll
agewhi
charerequi
redfortheuseof
theCentralorStat
eGov ernmentort hepubli
c,asnoti
ces,r
eport
sofinques
ts,and
deposi
tionsandex aminat
ionsincri
mi nalmat
ters.

Al
lotherr
evenueof
fic
ersshal
ldi
schar
ges
uchdut
iesandf
unc
tionsast
heSt
ate
Gover
nmentmaydirect.

Sec
tions17and18ar
erel
ati
ngt
orec
over
yofmoney,paper
sorot
hergov
ernment
pr
oper
ty.

TheColl
ect
orortheSuperi
ntendentofLandRecordsoranyot
herDemandsf
orof
fic
er
deput
edbyt heCol
lec
torortheSuperi
ntendent s
hall

wherehe hasclai
m onanyrevenueoff
iceroronanyper
sonfor
merl
yemploy
edas
suchinhi
sdepar
tmentordis
tri
ctforpubl
icmoneyorpapersorot
herpr
oper
tyoft
he
Stat
eGovernment

,bywr
iti
ngunders
ignat
ureandhi
sof
fic
ials
eal
,

r
equi
ret
hemoney
,orpar
tic
ularpaper
sorpr
oper
tydet
ainedt
obedel
iv
eredei
ther
i
mmediat
ely

t
otheper
sonbear
ingt
hes
aidwr
iti
ng,or

t
osuc
hper
sonons
uchdat
eandats
uchpl
aceast
hewr
iti
ngmays
pec
ify
.

Ift
heoff
icerorotherpersonafores
aiddoesnotdis
c hargethemoney,ordeli
verupthe
paper
sorpropert
yasdi r
ec t
ed,theColl
ect
or,Super
intendentorsuc
hot heroffi
cer
maycausehimtobeappr ehended,

andmays endhimt obeconf

inedi
naciv
ilj
ailt
il
lhedi
schar
gest
hes
umsordel
iv
ers
upthepapersorpr
opert
ydemandedfr
om him.

Howevernopersons
hal
lbedet
ainedi
nconf
inementbyf
oral
ongerper
iodt
hanone
cal
endarmonth.

SomeI
mpor
tantFunc
tionsofRev
enueOf
fic
ers
.

Revenueoff
icersareappointedbyStat
eGov er
nmentwi t
hav i
ewdischargef
uncti
ons
rel
ati
ngtolandr ev
enue,s
ur v
eys,as
sessmentaccountorrec
ordconnectedwit
hit.
Fol
lowingareimportantfuncti
ons-

1.
Toadmi
nis
terf
unc
tionsofl
andr
evenue.

2.
Tomai
ntai
nlandr
ecor
d.

3.
Todi
rec
tsur
veyofl
and.

4.
Tof
ixanddemar
cat
eboundar
yandt
oset
tleboundar
ydi
sput
e.

5.
Tof
ixr
evenuel
iabi
li
ty.

6.
Toas
ses
sands
ett
lel
andr
evenueofagr
icul
tur
alandnonagr
icul
tur
all
ands
.
7.Togr
antpermiss
ionforuseofl
andf
oragr
icul
tur
alornon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
es
andforchangeofuseofland.

8.
Tor
ecov
erl
andr
evenueandot
herr
evenuedemands
.

Pr
ocedur
eofRev
enueOf
fic
ers(
sec
tion224-
244)

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oPr
ocedur
eofr
evenueof
fic
ers-

1.s
ubor
dinat
onofr
evenueof
fic
ers
.(Sec
tion224)

Accordi
ngt
os ec
tion224alloff
icalactsandproceedi
ngsofrevenueoff
icershall
be
subj
ecttodi
recti
onandc ontr
oloft heoffi
certowhom heissubordi
nateforplace
ti
meandmannerofper f
ormingdut ies
.

Accordi
ngt
osec
tion 225t
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,fort
heendsofj
ust
icemaydi
rec
t
thatany

par
tic
ularcasebetransf
erredfr
om onerevenueoffi
certoanot
herrev
enueof
fic
erof
anequalorsuper
iorrankinthesamedis
t r
ictoranyotherdi
str
ict
.

Accordi
ngtos ect
ion226Commi ssi
oner,aCol
lector,aSubDivis
ionalOffi
cerora
Tahsi
ldarmaymakeov eranycaseorc l
assofcases,ari
singunderprov i
si
onsoft hi
s
Codeoranyot herenac
tmentf ortheti
mebeingi nforce,f
ordecisi
onf r
om hisownf i
le
toanyrevenueoffi
cersubor
dinatetohimc ompetenttodec i
desuchc aseorclas
sof
cases

ormaywithdr
awanycaseorcl
assofc
asesfrom anys
uchr
evenueof
fic
erandmay
dealwi
ths
uchc as
eorcl
assofc
aseshi
mself

orref
ert
hes amef
ordis
pos
alt
oanyot
herr
evenueof
fic
erc
ompet
entt
odec
ides
uch
cas
eorclas
sofcases
.

Commissi
oner,aCol
lec
tor
,as
ub-
Div
isi
onalOf
fic
er,oraTahs
il
darmaymakeov
erf
or
i
nqui
ryandreport

anycas
eorclas
sofcas
esar
isi
ngundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisCodeoranyot
her
enac
tmentf
orthet
imebei
nginfor
ce

f
rom hi
sownf
il
etoanyr
evenueof
fic
ers
ubor
dinat
etohi
m.

2.
Powert
osummonper
sonst
ogi
veev
idenc
eandpr
oduc
edoc
ument
s.(
Sec
tion227)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion227ev
eryr
evenueors
urv
eyof
fic
ernotbel
owt
her
ankofanAv
al
KarkunoraDistr
ictI
nspect
orofLandRecor
dsi
ntheirr
espec
tiv
epersonsto
depart
mentsshal
lhavepowertosummonanypersonwhoseatt
endancehegiv
e
consi
dersnec
essaryei
thert
obeex ami
nedasapar
ty

ort
ogi
veev
idenc
easandpr
oduc
eawi
tnes
s,

ort
opr oduc
edocument
sforthepur
pos
esofanyi
nqui
ryi
nwhi
chs
uchof
fic
eri
s
l
egal
lyempoweredtomake.

Asummonstoproducedocumentsmaybeforthepr
oducti
onofcertai
nspeci
fi
ed
doc
umentsortheproduct
ionofalldoc
ument
sofac er
tai
ndesc
ript
ioninthe
pos
ses
sionoft
hepersonsummoned.

Allper
sonssos ummonedshal
lbeboundtoatt
end,ei
theri
nper
sonorbyan
author
isedagent,ass
uchoff
icermaydi
rec
t.

Allper
sonssummonedasafor
esaids
hal
lbeboundt ostat
ethet
ruthuponanys
ubj
ect
respec
tingwhi
chtheyar
eexaminedormakes t
atement
sandtoproducesuc
h
documentsandot
herthi
ngsasmayber equi
red.

Accor
dingtosect
ion228ever
ysummonsshallbei
nwri
ti
ngandshalls
tat
ethe
purpos
ef orwhi
chiti
siss
uedandshal
lbes
ignedbytheof
fic
eri
ssui
ngitandi
fhehas
asealshal
lal
sobearhi
sseal
.

Thesummonss
hal
lbes
erv
edbyt
ender
ingordel
iv
eri
ngac
opyofi
ttot
heper
son
summoned

or,i
fhecannotbef
ound,byaf
fix
ingac
opyofi
ttos
omec
ons
pic
uouspar
tofhi
sus
ual
resi
denc
e.

Ifhi
sus ualr
esi
dencebeinanotherdist
ric
t,t
hesummonsmaybesentbypos
ttot
he
Coll
ectorofthatdi
str
ict
,whos hal
lcauseitt
obeser
vedi
naccor
dancewit
hthe
provi
si
onsofs ub-s
ecti
on(2).

3.
Compel
li
ngat
tendanc
eofwi
tnes
ses
.(Sec
tion229)
.

Ifanypersononwhom as ummonstoat
tendaswi
tnessortoproduceanydocument
s
hasbeenservedfai
lst
oc ompl
ywitht
hesummons,theoff
icerbywhom thesummons
i
sissuedundersect
ion227may,–
–

(
a)i
ssuesabai
labl
ewar
rantofar
res
t;

(
b)or
derhi
mtof
urni
shs
ecur
ityf
orappear
anc
e;or
(c
)imposeuponhim af
inenotexc
eedi
ngf
ift
yrupeesors
uchamountasmaybe
presc
ribed,whi
chev
eri
shigher
.

4.
ModeofSer
vingNot
ice.
(Sec
tions230)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion230modeofev
erynot
iceundert
hisCodemaybes
erv
edei
ther

byt
ender
ings
erv
ingnot
ice.

ordel
iv
eri
ngac
opyt
her
eof
,

orsendi
ngsuchcopybypos
ttot
heper
sononwhom i
tist
obes
erv
edorhi
s
aut
hori
sedagent
,

ori
fser
vic
eint
hemanneraf
ores
aidc
annotbemade

byaffi
xi
ngac opythereofathisl
astknownplac
eofresi
denc
eoratsomepl
aceof
publ
icres
ortinthevil
lageinwhichthelandt
owhic
ht henot
icer
elat
esi
ssi
tuat
edor
fr
om whichthelandiscult
ivat
ed.

Clause(2)
lay
sdownthatsuc
hnot ic
es hal
lnotbedeemedvoidonac
countofany
err
orinthenameordesi
gnati
onofanyper son,ori
nthedes
cri
pti
onofanyl
andunles
s
sucherr
orhasproduc
edsubstant
ialinj
ust
ice.

4.
Proc
edur
eforpr
oduc
ingat
tendanc
eofwi
tnes
ses
(Sec
tion231)

Accordingtos ec
tion231inanyf ormalorsummaryinqui
ryifanypar
tydesi
rest
he
at
tendanc eofwi tness
eshes hal
lfol
lowtheproc
edureprescri
bedbytheCodeofCi
vi
l
Pr
oc edure,1908,forpart
iesappl
yingforsummonsforwitnesses
.

5.
Heari
nginabs
enc
eofaPar
ty.(
Sec
tion232)I
font
hedat
efi
xedf
orhear
ingac
aseor
pr
oceedi
ng,

Revenueoffi
cerorser
veyoffi
cerf
indsthatsummonsornot i
cewasnots er
vedon
part
yduet othefai
lur
eoftheopposit
epar t
ytopayt
her equi
sit
eprocessfeesf
orsuch
serv
ice,t
hecaseorproceedi
ngmaybedi missedi
ndefaul
tofpay mentofsuchproc
ess
fees.

Ifanypart
ytoacaseorproc
eedingbeforetherevenueof
fic
erorsur
veyoffi
cerdoes
notappearonthedat
efix
edf orhear
ing,t
hec asemaybeheardanddeter
minedinhis
absenceormaybedismi
ssedindefault
.

Thepar
tyagai
nstwhom anyor
deri
spass
edunders
ub-s
ecti
on(1)or
(2)mayappl
y
wit
hint
hir
tydaysfr
om t
hedateofsuc
hordert
ohavei
tsetasi
deonthegr
oundthat
hewasprev
entedbyanysuf
fic
ientc
ausefr
om payi
ngther
equi
si
te‘
proc
essf
ees’
for
ser
vic
eofas ummonsornot
iceontheopposi
tepar
ty

orf
rom appear
ingatt
hehear
ingandt
her
evenueof
fic
erors
urv
eyof
fic
ermay
,

af
ternot
icet
otheoppos
itepart
ywhichwaspr
esentonthedat
eonwhi
chs
uchor
der
waspass
edandaft
ermakingsuchi
nquir
yasheconsi
der
snecessay

s
etas
idet
heor
derpas
sed.

Wher
eanapplicati
onfi
ledunders
ub-
secti
on(3)isrej
ected,t
hepart
yaggri
evedmay
f
il
eanappealt
ot heaut
horit
ytowhom anappealli
esfrom anor
igi
nalor
derpass
edby
s
uchoff
icer
.

Exceptasprovi
dedinsubsec
tion(
4)orex
ceptwher
eac
aseorpr
oceedi
ngbef
oreany
suc
hof fi
cerhasbeendeci
dedonmerit
s,

noappeals
hal
lli
efr
om anor
derpas
sedundert
hiss
ect
ion.

Accor
dingtosecti
on233r ev
enueorsur
veyoffi
cermay ,fr
om t
imetoti
mef
orr
eas
ons
toberecor
ded,adjour
nthehear
ingofacaseorproceedingbef
orehi
m.

6.Modoft
aki
ngev
idenc
einf
ormali
nqui
ry.
(Sec
tion234)

Accor
dingtosecti
on234i nal
lformalinqui
ri
esevi
denc
es hal
lbetakeninwri
ti
ng,
in
Marat
hi,byori
nt hepresenc
eanddi recti
onof,t
heoffi
cermaki
ngt hef
ormal
i
nvest
igati
onorinqui
ry,andshall
bes i
gnedbyhim.

Theof
ficers
hal
lreadouti
nqui
ri
esorc
aus
etober
eadoutt
heev
idenc
esot
akent
o
thewi
tness

andobt
ainhi
ssi
gnat
urei
ntokenofi
tsc
orr
ect
nes
s.

Accordi
ngtoc l
ause(2)incasesinwhichtheevidenceisnott akendowni nwri
ti
ngby
theoffi
cermakingtheinquir
y,hes hal
lmakeamemor andum oft hesubs
tanc
eofwhat
suchwitnes
sdepos es;andsuc hmemor andum shal
lbewr i
ttenands i
gnedbysuch
off
icerandi
tshallbepartoft herecor
d.

I
fsuchoff
iceri
sprevent
edfr
om maki
ngamemor
andum asr
equi
redhes
hal
lrec
ord
t
hereasonofhisi
nabil
it
ytodoso.

Accor
dingtocl
ause(4)whentheevi
denc
eisgiv
eninEngl
is
h,s
uchof
fic
ers
hal
lmake
aut
hentic
atedtr
ansl
ati
onofthesameinMar
athi.
Accor
dingtosect
ion235ev er
ydecis
ion,aft
eraformali
nqui
ry,s
hallbei
nwri
tti
ng
si
gnedbyt heoff
icerpas
singthesameands hal
lcontai
naful
lstat
ementof
gr
ounds(ex
planat
ion)onwhi chi
tispassed.

7.
Summar
yInqui
ryHowt
obec
onduc
ted.
(Sec
tion236)

Insummar yi
nqui
ri
es,t
herev
enueoff
icerors
urveyof
fic
ershal
lrec
ordami
nut
eoft
he
proceedi
ngsinhi
sownhandtoinEngli
shorinMarat
hiembraci
ng-

t
hemat
eri
alav
erment
smadebyt
hepar
tiesi
nter
est
ed,

t
hemat
eri
alpar
tsoft
heev
idenc
e,t
hedec
isi
on,

andt
her
eas
onsf
ort
hes
ame.

Howeveraninqui
rydi
rec
tedbyt
hisCodet
obec
ondc
trdunderr
ulesappl
ic
abl
etoa
for
malinqui
ry.

Accordi
ngtos ec
tion237for
malorsummar
yinqui
ryundert
hisCodeshal
lbedeemed
tobeajudi
cialproceedi
ngwit
hint
hemeani
ngofsecti
ons193,219and228Indi
an
PenalCode

andt heoff
iceofaut
hori
tyhol
dingaformalorsummar
yinqui
rys
hal
lbedeemeda
c
ivi
lcourtf
orthepurpos
esofsuchjudi
ci
alinqui
ry.

Clause(2)l
aysdownthat ev
eryhear
inganddec
isi
oninafor
malorsummar
yinqui
ry
shallbeinpubl
icandt
heparti
esorthei
raut
hori
sedagent
sshal
lhav
eduenoti
ceto
attend.

Or
dinar
yInqui
ri
eshowt
obec
onduc
ted.(
Sec
tion238)

Ani
nqui
rywhi
cht
hisCodedoesnotr
equi
ret
obeei
therf
ormalors
ummar
y,

orwhi c
hanyrevenueorsurv
eyof fi
cermay,
onanyoc c
as i
on,deem tobenecessar
yto
make,duti
esshallbeconductedaccordi
ngtosuc
hr ulesprescri
bedbytheStat
e
Governmentorbyanauthoritysuperi
ortot
heoffi
cerc onducti
ngsuchi
nquir
y .

and,ac
cor
dingtothedis
c r
eti
onoftheoffi
cerandf
ort
heas
cer
tai
nmentofal
les
sent
ial
fac
tsandthefurt
heranceofthepubl
icgood.

8.Powert
oent
eruponands
urv
eyl
and.
(Sec
tion241)al
lrev
enueands
urv
eyof
fic
ers
and

t
hei
rser
vant
sandwor
kmen,mayent
eruponands
urv
eyl
andanddemar
cat
e
boundar
iesanddoot
herac
tsr
elat
ingt
olandr
evenue.

Howev
erc
ons
entoft
heoc
cupi
erandatl
eas
ttwent
y-f
ourhour
snot
ice,i
snec
ess
ary
.

Andinmakingsuc
hentr
yduer
egar
dshal
lbepai
dtot
hes
oci
alandr
eli
gious
sent
iment
softheocc
upier
.

9.
Col
lec
torhowproceedi
nor
dert
oev
ictanyper
sonwr
ongf
ull
yinpos
ses
sionof
l
and.
(Sect
ion242)

Col
lec
tormayevi
ctanyper
sonwrongf
ull
yinpos
ses
sionofl
and,s
uchev
ict
ions
hal
lbe
madeinthef
oll
owingmanner
––

(
a)byser
vinganot
iceont
heper
sonorper
sonsi
npos
ses
sionr
equi
ri
ngt
hem t
ovac
ate
t
heland.

(b)
ifsuc
hnotic
eisnotobeyed,byr
emovi
ng,ordeput
ingas
ubor
dinat
etor
emov
e
personnotv
acati
ngorvacatethes
ame.

Cl
ause(c
)pr
ovi
despuni
shmentf
orr
esi
stanc
eorobs
truc
tionc
reat
edt
o pr
event
ev
ict
ion.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion243revenueorsurv
eyoffi
cermaygi
veandappor
tioncos
ts
i
ncurr
edinanycaseorpr
oceedingar
isi
ngunderthi
sCodeoranyot
herl
awf ort
he
t
imebeingi
nforce.

Accordi
ngtosecti
on244allappearancesbeforeanyr
evenueors ur
veyoff
icerunder
thi
sCodeoranyot herl
awforthetimebeinginf or
cemaybemadeordonebyt he
part
iesthemsel
vesorbythei
rrecognisedagentsorbyanylegalpr
acti
ti
oner
.

DamodarLax
manNav
arevSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra.2010(
6)Bom C.
R.

IsonthepointthatGov
ernmentmayagi
tat
econs
truc
tiononi
tsl
andbef
or
appropr
iat
ef or
um.

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-

Appeal
s,
Rev
isi
onandRev
iew.
(Sec
tion246-
258)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Maharas
htraLandRevenueCodehasbeenenac t
edbyLegis
lat
ureofMahar
ashtrawith
avi
ewt oadminis
terandrecoverl
andrev
enue.Fort
hispur
poseCodehasappointed
r
evenueoffi
cerandsurveyoff
icer
.Howevert
hei
rdeci
sionmaygiver
iset
odisputes
bet
weenr
evenueaut
hor
iti
esandhol
derofl
and.

Prov
isi
onsRelat
ingt
oappealpr
ovideremedyt
ocor
rec
tdec
isi
onordec
idel
egal
it
yof
anyorderpas
sedbyrev
enueauthori
ti
es.

InGoraiMachhimarSahakariSanstavSt ateofMahar ashtr

a 2006( 2)AIRBom
184.
HighCourtofBombayhel dt hatappellateauthor
itywhoisrequi
r edtohearappeal
i
sdischargi
ngquasijudi
cialf
unction.
Dec idingappealisnotemptyfor mal
it
y.Appes
lis
tobedecidedinobjecti
veandimpar t
ialmanner .

Appeal

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oappeal-

1.
AppealandAppel
lat
eAut
hor
iti
es(
Sec
tion247)

Accordi
ngtosecti
on247 appealshal
lli
efrom anydeci
sionoror
derpas
sedbya
r
evenueorsur
veyoffi
cers
pec
ifi
edincolumn1oft heSchedul
eEunderthi
sCodeto
t
heoffic
ers
pecif
iedincol
umn2ofthatSc hedul
e.

whetherornotsuc
hdec i
si
onorordermayi
tsel
fhav
ebeenpassedonappealf
rom t
he
dec
isi
onororderoftheoffi
cers
peci
fi
edinc
olumn1ofthesai
dSc hedul
e.

Howev
eri
nnoc
aset
henumberofappeal
sshal
lex
ceedt
wo.

Clause(2)lay
sdownt hatifonacc
ountofpromot i
onorchangeofdesignati
onan
appealagai
nstanydecisi
onororderli
estothes ameoffi
cerwhohaspas sedthe
deci
sionororderappeal
edagainst
,theappealshal
lli
etosuchotheroff
icercompet
ent
todecidetheappealt
owhom i tmaybetransfer
redunderthepr
ov i
si
onsoft hi
sCode.

I
nGopi
nat
hGanpat
raovSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra.2006(
6)AI
RBom

Courthel
dthatthi
ss ecti
ondoesnotcreat
ebari
nentert
aini
ngt
hes
uitr
elat
ingt
o
act
ionofrevenueof
ficeri
fheact
swithoutj
uri
sdi
cti
on.

2.Appealwhenl
iet
oSt
ateGov
ernment
(.
Sec
tion248)

Anappeals
hal
lli
etot
heSt
ateGov
ernmentf
rom anydec
isi
onoror
derpas
sed

byaCommi
ssi
oner

orbyaSet
tlementCommi
ssi
oner

orbyDi
rec
torofLandRec
ord,
orbyaDeput
yDi
rec
torofLandRec
ordsi
nves
tedwi
thpowerofDi
rec
torofLand
Rec
ord.

Ex
cepti
nthecas
eofanydecis
ionororderpassedbysuchof
fic
eronappealf
rom a
deci
si
onoror
derit
sel
frec
ordedinappealbyanyoff
icers
ubordi
nat
etohim.

3.
Appealagai
nstr
evi
eworr
evi
si
on.(
Sec
tion249)

Accor
dingtosec
tion249or
derpassedi
nrevi
ewv ar
yingorr
eversi
nganyorders
hal
l
beappeal
abl
eintheli
kemannerasanor
igi
naldec
isi
onororder.r
evis
ion.

Anorderpassedi
nrev
isi
onvaryi
ngorreversi
nganyordershal
lbeappeal
abl
easi
fit
wer
eanor derpas
sedbytherev
isi
onalauthor
ityi
nappeal.

InArunBhanudasvAdditionalCommissionerAmrav at
i.2015(5)Mh.
L.JCourtheld
thatAppealc
anbeprefer
redagainstorderpassedinrevisi
onifitvar
iesorrever
ses
orderpass
edbylowerauthorit
yinter
msofs ubsec
tion2of249.

4.
Per
iodwi
thi
nwhi
chappeal
smus
tbebr
ought
.(
Sct
ion250)

appealshallnotbebroughtaft
ertheexpi
rat
ionofsix
tyday
sift
hedeci
sionoror
der
complai
nedofhav ebeenpassedbyanoffi
cerinf
eri
orinr
anktoaCol
lec
torora
Super
intendentofLandRecordsandals
o

notaf
tert
heex
pir
ati
onofni
net
yday
sinanyot
herc
ase

.
Theperi
odofsi
xtyandninet
yday
sshallbecount
edf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
cht
he
dec
isi
onoror
derisrec
eiv
edbytheappell
ant
.

Incomputingtheaboveper
iods
,theti
merequi
redt
oobt
ainac
opyoft
hedec
isi
onor
orderappeal
edagains
tshal
lbeexcl
uded.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion251appealoranappl
ic
ationforrev
iew maybeadmitt
edafter
theperi
odofli
mitat
ionper
s c
ribedf
oritwhent heappel
lantort
heappl
ic
ant,sat
isf
ies
theoffi
cerort
heStateGovernmenttowhom ortowhichheappeal
sorappli
es

thathehads
uff
ici
entc
aus
efornotpr
esent
ingt
heappealorappl
ic
ati
onwi
thi
nsuc
h
peri
od.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion252Noappeals
hal
lli
efr
om anor
der
––

(
a)admi
tti
nganappealoranappl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
ewunders
ect
ion251;

(
b)r
ejec
tinganappl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
si
onorr
evi
ew;or
(
c)gr
ant
ingorr
ejec
tinganappl
ic
ati
onf
ors
tay
.

Ac c
ordi
ngs ec
tion252whenthelas
tdayofanyperi
odprovi
dedinf orpresent
ati
on
ofanappealoranappli
cat
ionf
orrevi
ewfall
sonaSundayorotherholi
dayrecogni
sed
bytheStat
eGov ernmentt
hedaynextfol
lowingt
hecl
oseoftheholi
dayshallbe
deemedtobes uchlas
tday.

5.
PowerofAppel
lat
eaut
hor
ity.(
Sec
tion255)

Accor
dingtosect
ion255t
heappel
lat
eaut
hor
itymayadmi
ttheappealormay
summaril
yrej
ecti
t.

Howev ert
heappel
lat
eauthor
itys
hallnotbeboundt
ocal
lfort
her
ecor
dwher
ethe
appealist
imebarr
edordoesnotli
e.

I
ftheappeali
sadmitted,adat
eshal
lbef
ixedf
orhear
ingandnot
icet
her
eofs
hal
lbe
s
ervedontherespondent.

Afterhear
ingt
hepart
ies
,ift
heyappear,t
heappel
lat
eaut
hor
itymayei
therannul
,
confi
rm,modif
y,orr
everset
heorderappeal
ed

ormaydi
rec
tsuc
hfur
theri
nves
tigat
iont
obemade,

ors
uchaddi
ti
onalev
idenc
etobet
aken

ormayi
tsel
ftakes
uchaddi
ti
onalev
idenc
e;

ormayr
emandt
hec
asef
ordi
spos
alwi
ths
uchdi
rec
tionsasi
tthi
nksf
it.

Anyappealf
il
edbeforeanyrevenueorsurv
eyoffi
cershal
lbedisposedofwithina
per
iodofoneyearfrom t
hedateonwhi chsuc
happealisfi
ledhowev erf
urtherbys i
x
monthsmaybeex tendedby theStateGovernmentoranoffi
cernotbelowt herank
ofCol
lect
ordesi
gnatedinthi
sbehalfwhoissuperi
ortotheappell
ateauthori
ty.

al
s owheretheappell
ateauthori
tyf ai
lstodis
poseofanysuchproceedingwi
thi
nt he
periodspec
ifi
edinthi
ss ub-sec
tion,theStateGovernmental
oneshallbecompetentto
grantsuchfurt
herextensi
onoft imef ordi
sposi
ngofanys uc
hproceedingasi
tmay
deem fi
t,af
terrec
ordingreasonst her
eforinwri
ting.

Ift
heappell
ateauthori
tyfai
lswithoutsuffi
ci
entc ause,todispos
eofanyappealwi
thi
n
theperi
odspecif
iedinsub-sec
tion(4),heshallbeliabl
ef ordi
sci
pli
nar
yact
ionin
accor
dancewiththeconcerneddiscipl
inar
yr ul
esappl i
cabletohi
m.

6.
Stayofex
ecut
ionOr
der
s(Sec
tion256)
Arevenueorsurveyoff
icerwhohaspas
sedanyorderorofs
ucc
ess
orinoff
icemay
di
recttheexec
utionofsuchordert
obes t
ayedf
orsuchti
meashethi
nksf
it,pr
ovi
ded
noappealhasbeenfil
ed.

Theappel
lat
eaut hori
tymay,atanyt
ime,di
rectt
heexec
uti
onoft
heor
derappeal
ed
fr
om,tobes tay
edf orsuc
ht i
measitmaythinkfi
t.

Theauthor
ityex
erci
si
ngthepowersofrev
isi
onorr
evi
ewmaydir
ectt
heexec
utionof
theor
derunderrev
isi
onorrev
iew,asthecas
emaybe,tobes
tay
edfors
uchtimeasi
t
maythinkfi
t.

Theauthor
ityex
erc
isi
ngthepowersofr
evi
si
onorr
evi
ewmays
etas
ideormodi
fy
di
rec
tionmadeundersubsec
tion1

Cl
aus
e5l
aysdownt
hatc
ondi
ti
onsi
mpos
edors
ecur
itymaybedemanded.

Orderdi
rect
ingt
hes t
ayofexecut
ionofanyor
ders
hal
lbepas
sed,i
nac
cor
danc
ewi
th
theprov
isi
onsofthi
ssec
tion.

7.
PowerofStateGover
nmentandofcer
tai
nrev
enueandsurv
eyoff
icer
stoc
allf
orand
ex
aminerec
or dsandpr
oceedi
ngsofs
ubordi
nat
eoffi
cer
s.(
Secti
on257)

TheSt
ateGov
ernmentandanyr
evenueors
urv
eyof
fic
er,

notinferi
ori
nranktoanAssis
tantorDeput
yCol
lec
tororaSuper
int
endentofLand
Rec
or ds,i
nthei
rres
pect
ivedepar
tments,

mayc al
lforandexaminether ec
ordofanyi nqui
ryortheproceedi
ngsofany
subordi
naterevenueorsurveyoffi
cer
,forthepurposeofsati
sfyi
ngit
selforhimsel
f,as
t
hec asemaybe,ast othelegali
tyorpropr
ietyofanydeci
sionororderpassed,andthe
r
egulari
tyofthepr oc
eedi
ngsofs uchoffi
cer.

Howevernosuchproceedi
ngsunderthissub-secti
onorsub-
sect
ion(2)shal
lbe
i
nit
iat
edbyanyrevenueorsurveyof
fic
erafterexpir
yofaperi
odoff i
veyearsfr
om t
he
dat
eofdeci
si
onoror derofthesub-
ordinateoffi
cerex
ceptwitht
hepr ev
ious
per
missi
onoftheStateGovernment.

ATahsi
ldar
,aNai
b- Tahs
il
dar ,andaDi s
tri
ctIns pec
torofLandRecordsmayinthe
samemannercal
lforandex ami netheproceedingsofanyoffi
cersub-
ordi
natetothem
i
nanymat t
eri
nwhi chneit
heraf or
malnoras ummaryinquir
yhasbeenheld.

I
fits
hallappeartotheStateGovernment,ortoanyoff
icerref
err
edtoinsub-
sect
ion
(
1)orsub-sect
ion(2)thatanydeci
sionororderorpr
oceedingssocal
ledf
orshoul
dbe
modi
fi
ed,
annul
ledorr
ever
sed,i
torhemaypas
ssuc
hor
dert
her
eonasi
torhedeems
f
it

Anypr oceedi
ngbr oughtbef oreanyrevenueorsurveyofficershallbedisposedof
withinaper i
odofoney earfrom thedateonwhi c
hs uchpr oceedingisfi
led.wherethe
revi
s i
onalauthorit
yf ai
lstodisposeofanys uchproceedi
ngwi t
hint heperiodspeci
fi
ed
i
nt hissub-secti
on,t heStateGov er
nmental oneshal
lbec ompet enttogr antsuch
fur
t herextensi
onoft i
mef ordisposi
ngofanys uchproceedingasi tmaydeem f it
,
aft
err ecordi
ngr easonsthereforinwrit
ing.

Theperi
odf
ordi
sposi
ngofanysuchproc
eedingmaybeex tentedfur
therbysi
x
monthsbyt
heStat
eGov er
nmentoranoffi
cernotbelowt herankofColl
ector
desi
gnat
edi
nthi
sbehalfwhoi
ssuperi
ortotherevi
sionalauthori
ty.

TheStateGovernmentorsuchoffi
cershal
lnotvaryorrev
erseanyorderaf
fect
ingany
ques
tionofri
ghtbetweenpr i
vat
epersonswithouthavi
nggiventothepart
ies
i
nter
es t
ednotic
et oappearandtobeheardinsupportofsuc
hor der
.

Assi
stantorDeputyColl
ectorshal
lnothims el
fpasssuchor
derinanymatteri
nwhic
h
aformalinqui
ryhasbeenheld,butshallsubmitt
herecordwit
hhisopi
niontothe
Coll
ector
,whos hal
lpasssuchorderthereonashemaydeem f i
t.

Revisi
onofanorderis
suedundersub-secti
on(1)or(2)byanyoff
icerr
efer
redto
therei
nshal
lnotbepermissi
blebutStateGovernmentalonetomodify
,annulor
revers
eanysuchorderis
suedundersub-secti
on(1)or(2)

8.
Rev
iewofOr
der
s(.
Sec
tion258)

.
TheSt
ateGov
ernmentandev
eryr
evenueors
urv
eyof
fic
ermay
,ei
theroni
tsorhi
s
ownmoti
on

orontheappl
ic
ati
onofanypart
yinter
ested,r
evi
ewanyor
derpas
sedbyi
tsel
for
hi
msel
foranyofit
sorhi
spredeces
sorsinoffi
ce

andpas
ssuc
hor
der
sasi
torhet
hinksf
it.Howev
er-

(i
)i
ftheCol
lect
ororSett
lementOff
icert
hinksitneces
sarytorev
iewanyorderwhi
ch
hehasnothimsel
fpas
sed,onthegroundotherthanthatofcl
eri
calmi
stake,

heshal
lfi
rstobt
aint
hes
anc
tionoft
heCommi
ssi
onerort
heSet
tlement
Commissi
oner,

andi
fanof
fic
ers
ubor
dinat
etoaCol
lec
tororSet
tlementOf
fic
erpr
opos
est
orev
iew
anyor
deront
hegr
oundot
hert
hant
hatofc
ler
icalmi
stake,

whet
hers
uchor
deri
spas
sedbyhi
msel
forhi
spr
edec
ess
or,

heshal
lfi
rstobt
aint
hes
anc
tionoft
heaut
hor
ityt
owhom hei
simmedi
atel
y
s
ubordi
nate.

(
ii
)noor
dershal
lbevari
edorr
evers
edunles
snoticehasbeengi
vent
othepar
ties
i
nter
est
edtoappearandbehear
dinsupportofs
uc horder;

(
ii
i)
noorderfr
om whi
chanappealhasbeenmade,orwhi
chi
sthes
ubj
ectofany
r
evisi
onproc
eedi
ngsshal
l,

s
olongass
uchappealorpr
oceedi
ngsar
ependi
ng

ber
evi
ewed;

(
iv)
noor
deraf
fec
tinganyques
tionofr
ightbet
weenpr
ivat
eper
sonss
hal
lber
evi
ewed

ex
ceptonanappl
ic
ati
onofapar
tyt
othepr
oceedi
ngs
,

andnosuchappl
icat
ionofrevi
ewofsuc
hordershal
lbeent
ert
ainedunl
essi
tismade
wit
hinni
netyday
sf r
om thepassi
ngoft
heorder
.

Or
ders
hal
lber
evi
ewedont
hef
oll
owi
nggr
ounds
—

(
i)
dis
cov
eryofnewandi
mpor
tantmat
terorev
idenc
e;

(
ii
)somemi
stakeorer
rorappar
entont
hef
aceoft
her
ecor
d;

(
ii
i)
anyot
hers
uff
ici
entr
eas
on.

Coll
ectors
hal
lbedeemedtobethes
ucc
ess
ori
nof
fic
eofanyr
evenueors
urv
ey
off
icerwhohaslef
tthedi
str
ict

orwhohasceasedtoexer
cis
epowersasar
evenueors
urv
eyof
fic
erandt
owhom
t
herei
snosuccessori
nthedist
ric
t.

Anorderwhi
chhasbeendealtwithinappealoronrev
isi
onshal
lnotberevi
ewedby
anyr
evenueors
urveyoff
icersubordi
natetotheappel
lat
eorrev
isi
onalaut
hori
ty.

Cl
aus
e(5)l
aysdownt
hat or
der
spas
sedi
nrev
iews
hal
lnotber
evi
ewed.

I
nHukumchandShankarl
alGandhivStateofMaharashtr
a.AI
R2007(3)Cour
theld
t
hatpowerofr
evi
ewc anbeinvokedonlyifci
rcums
t anc
esmenti
onedinSect
ion258
ar
esat
isf
ied.

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Mahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Maharas
htr
aRev enueTri
bunalwasconst
itutedbySt
ateGov
ernmentof
Maharas
htr
a.I
tisappel
ateaswellasr
evi
sionalaut
hor
ityf
orcas
esari
si
ngunder
enac
tmentsspecif
iedi
nSc hedul
eJofCode.

Itconsi
stsofPr es
identandmembersasar eappoi
ntedbySt
ateGover
nment.It
's
headquarterisatMumbai,Pune,Aurangabad.Howeveri
tcansi
tatotherpl
acewhi
ch
maybec onv eni
entfortrans
act
ion.

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal

1.Juri
sdic
t i
onofTri
bunal.(
Sect
ion315)Accordi
ngt
osect
ion150tr
ibunalhas
j
uris
dict
ioni ncas
esari
singundertheprov
isi
onsoft
heenact
mentsspeci
fiedi
nthe
Schedul
eJ .And-

(a)
anappeals
hallli
etot
heTr
ibunalf
rom or
igi
nalor
der
sordec
isi
onsmadeorpas
sed
bytheColl
ector;and

(b)
anappli
cat
ionforrevi
si
onshall
li
etotheTri
bunalf
rom anor
derordec
isi
onmadeor
passedbyanysubordi
nateof
fic
eroraut
hori
ty.

Clause(2)l
aysdownt
hat appl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
si
onunderc
laus
e(b)ofs
ub-
sec
tion(
1)
shalll
ieont
hefoll
owi
nggr
oundsonl
y

-
(i
)t
hatt
heor
derordec
isi
onoft
heCol
lec
torwasc
ont
rar
ytol
aw

(
ii
)t
hatt
heCol
lec
torf
ail
edt
odet
ermi
nes
omemat
eri
ali
ssueofl
aw;and

(
ii
i)t
hatt
herewasasubst
anti
aldefec
tinfol
lowingt
hepr
ocedur
elai
ddownbyl
aw
whic
hhasresul
tedi
nthemis
carri
ageofjust
ice.

TheStateGover
nmentmaydi r
ectthattheTri
bunalshal
lal
sohav
ejuri
sdicti
onto
ent
ertai
nanddec i
deappeal
sandr evi
sedeci
sionsandorder
sofsuchpersons,of
fic
ers
andauthor
ityi
nsuc hot
hercasesastheStat
eGov er
nmentmaydetermine.

Fort hatpur
posetheSt
ateGover
nmentmayaddt o,amendoromi
t,anyoft
he
ent
riesinSchedul
eJ.AndTri
bunals
hal
lhav
ejur
isdict
ioni
nsuchmatter
.
TheSt
ateGover
nmentmayomi
tanyent
ryf
rom Sc
hedul
eJandr
esumet
oit
sel
fsuc
h
j
uri
sdi
cti
on.

whent heTribunalhasj
uris
dicti
ont oentertai
nanddec i
deappeal
sf r
om,andr evi
se
decis
ionsandor dersofanyper son,offi
cerorauthori
tyi
nanymat teraf
oresai
d,no
otherperson,offi
cerorauthori
tyshallhavejuri
sdi
cti
ontoentert
ainanddec i
de
appealsfr
om andr evi
sedec i
si
onsoror dersof,suchpers
on,off
icerorauthori
tyi
nthat
matter.

Ev
eryappealorappl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
si
onmadeundert
hiss
ect
ion

shal
lbefi
l
edwi
thi
naper
iodofs
ixt
yday
sfr
om t
hedayoft
heor
derordec
isi
onoft
he
Coll
ect
or.

Theprovi
si
onsofs
ecti
ons4,5,12and14oftheLimit
ati
onAc
t,1963,s
hal
lappl
yto
thef
il
ingofsuc
happealorappl
ic
ati
onforr
evis
ion.

Acc
ordi
ngtosecti
on316Tr
ibunals
hal
lhav
enoj
uri
sdi
cti
oni
nanymat
terwhi
chi
ssub-
j
udi
ceinaCourtoflaw.

TheTr ibunals
hallal
sohavenojuri
sdi
cti
oninrespectofamat terwhichinit
sopinion
i
nv ol
v esaques t
ionastot
hev al
idi
tyofanyAct,Ordi
nanceorRegul at
ion,orany
provi
s ioncontai
nedinanAc t
,Ordi
nanceorRegulati
on,thedeterminati
onoft he
i
nv al
idityofwhichinit
sopini
onisnecessar
ytothedisposalofthatmatter.

Accor
dingt osec
t i
on317func
tionsmaybec onferr
edoni
t,byunderot
herorunder
anyotherlawfortheti
mebeinginfor
c etoent
ertai
nanddeci
deanyappeal
s,
appl
ic
ationsforrevi
si
on,orot
herproceedi
ngs.

2.
Tri
bunalt
ohav
epowerofc
ivi
lcour
t.(
317)
.

Accor
dingt
osec
tion318i
nex
erc
isi
ngt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onc
onf
err
eduponi
tbyt
his
Chapt
er,

theTri
bunals
hallhaveallt
hepowersofac i
vi
lcour
t,f
orthepurpos
eoftaki
ng
evi
denceonoath,aff
irmationoraf
fidav
it,orsummoningandenfor
cingt
he
att
endanceofwitnes
s es
,

c
ompel
li
ngdi
scov
eryandt
hepr
oduc
tionofdoc
ument
sandmat
eri
alobj
ect
s,

r
equi
si
ti
oni
nganypubl
icr
ecor
doranyc
opyt
her
eoff
rom anyCour
torof
fic
e
i
ssui
ngc
ommi
ssi
onsf
ort
heex
ami
nat
ionofwi
tnes
sesordoc
ument
s.

3.
Prac
tic
eAndPr
ocedur
e.(
Sec
tion319)

Accor
dingtosec t
ion319withthepr
eviousPr
acti
ceandapprovaloftheState
Government,t
hePr es
identmaymakeregul
ati
onsforpr
acti
ceandpr ocedur
eofthe
Tr
ibunal
,inc
luding-

t
heawar
dofc
ost
sbyt
heTr
ibunal
,

-t
hel
evyofanypr
oces
sfee

-
ther
ightofaudi
enc
ebef
oret
heTr
ibunal
,

-t
hes
itt
ingsoft
hemember
sei
thers
ingl
y,ori
nbenc
hesc
ons
tit
utedbyt
hePr
esi
dent

-
thedi
spos
al,
byt
heTr
ibunal
,ofanypr
oceedi
ngsbef
orei
t

andgeneral
lyf
ortheef
fec
tiv
eex
erc
iseofi
tspower
sanddi
schar
geofi
tsf
unc
tions
undert
hisChapter
.

Wher eanymemberssi
tsi
ngl
yorwhereanybenchesar
ec ons
tit
uted,suc
hmember s
orbenchshal
lex
erc
iseanddi
schar
geal
lthepowersandfunct
ionsoftheTri
bunal
.

Ther
egul
ati
onsmadeundert
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lbepubl
is
hedi
ntheOf
fic
ialGaz
ett
e.

Accordi
ngtosec
tion320Ifatanys
tagei
nanypr
oceedi
ngbef
oret
heTr
ibunali
t
appearstot
heTribunalt
hat

thepr oceedi
ngsrai
seaquest
ionastotheinter
pretat
ionoflaw,whichi
sofsucha
natureandofs uc
hpubli
cimport
ancet
hat,i
tisinexpedientt
oissuenoti
cet
ot he
StateGov er
nment,

theTr
ibunalshal
lissuenoti
cetothatGover
nment,andt
hatGov
ernmentmay,appear
.
AndtheTribunalshallt
henheart
heSt at
eGover
nmentbefor
edeci
dingt
hequesti
on.

Ifi
tappearstotheSt at
eGov ernmentthatinit
sopiniontheinter
pretat
ionofa
provi
sionoflawinanypr oceedingsbefor
etheTribunal
,isofsuchnatureandofs
uch
publi
cimportancethatitisexpedientt
hattheStateGovernmentbehear dbef
ore
deci
sionoftheques t
ion,itmayappl yt
otheTribunali
nsuc hproceedi
ngstobehear
d.

Andt
heTr
ibunals
hal
lnotdec
idet
heques
tionwi
thouthear
ingt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

Accordi
ngtos
ection321ev
eryorderordec
isi
onoft
ribunali
sfi
nalandni
net
yappeal
agai
nstitt
oStat
eGov er
nment.
4.Rev
iewofor
der
sofTr
ibunal
(sec
tion322)

Accor
dingtosect
ion322theTr
ibunalmay
,oni
tsownmot
ionoront
heappl
ic
ati
onof
par
tyinter
est
ed,rev
iewi
tsownorder.

Andwher et
heSt at
eGovernmentishear
d,underor
dersofsecti
on320onthe
appli
cat
ionbythatGover
nment ,r
evi
ewitsowndeci
sionororderandpassi
n
ref
erenceit orderasi
tthinksj
ustandproper
.

Howevernosuchappli
cat
ionmadebyanypar
tys
hal
lbeent
ert
ained,unl
esst
he
Tr
ibunali
ssat
isf
ied-

thattherehasbeent
hedis
cover
yofnewandi mpor
tantmat
terorev
idenc
ewhich
aftertheexer
cis
eofduedi
li
gence,wasnotwi
thi
ntheknowl
edgeofsuchpar
ty

orc
oul
dnotbepr
oduc
edbyhi
m att
het
imewheni
tsdec
isi
onwasmade,

ort
hatt
her
ehasbeens
omemi
stakeorer
rorappar
entont
hef
aceoft
her
ecor
d,

orf
oranyot
hers
uff
ici
entr
eas
on.

Nosuchdecisi
onorordershal
lbevari
edorrev
ised,unl
essnot
icehasbeengi
vent
o
thepar
tiesi
nteres
tedtoappearandbehear
dins uppor
tofsuchorder
.

Anappli
cati
onforrev
iewundersub-
secti
on(
1)byanypart
yorbytheState
Gover
nments hal
lbemadewithi
nninet
ydaysfr
om thedat
eofthedec
isionoror
derof
theTr
ibunal
.

I
ncomputi
ngtheperi
odofli
mit
ati
on,t
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
heLi
mit
ati
onAc
t,1963appl
y
t
oappl
ic
ati
onsforrev
iew.

5.
Mannerofex
ecut
ingor
derpas
sedbyt
ribunal
.(
Sec
tion323)

Accordi
ngt o323Al
lor der
spas s
edbyt heTribunals
hal
lbeexec
utedinthesame
executi
ngmannerinwhichsimil
arorder
s,ifpassedbytheSt
ateGovernmentorother
orderspass
edcompetentauthori
ty,ast
hec asemaybe,coul
dhavebeenex ec
uted.by
Tri
bunal.

Ac c
ordi
ngt o324ev er
yappealorappl i
cat
ionmadet ot
heTr i
bunals hal
lbearac ourt
-
feestampofonehundr edrupeesors uchamountasmaybepr escri
bed,whicheveris
higheri
fthevalueoft hesuitproper
tyistenthousandrupeesorlessandoff i
v e
hundredrupeesors uchamountasmaybepr es
cri
bed,whicheverishigheri
fs uchval
ue
exceedstenthousandr upees.
wheret heTr i
bunalex erc
isesanypowersorfuncti
onsunderanyrel
evantt
enancylaw
orothers peciall
awandt hatlawprov
idedforthelevyofcour
t-f
eeonanyappealor
appl
icationt otheTribunal,nothi
ngcontai
nedinthissect
ionshal
laf
fectt
he
prov
isionsf orlevyofs uchfee.

RaghunathNaray
anvVi thalSawal
a.AI
R.2007i
sonthepoi
ntthatpowerofr
evi
ewmay
beexerci
sedforfunc
tionsundersecti
on315andal
soforc
asesofrevi
ew.

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--

Modul
e05

Mahar
asht
raTenanc
yandAgr
icul
tur
alLandsAc
t1948.

I
ntr
oduc
tion/
His
tor
ical
Bac
kgr
oundofAc
t.

Maharas
htr
aTenancyandAgricul
turalLandsAc tf
ormer l
yknownasBombayTenanc y
andAgri
cul
tur
alLandsAct1948.Howev erStateLegi
slatureamendedi t
'st
itl
ein2012
andnowActiscal
ledasMaharashtraTenancyandAgr ic
ulturalLandsAct.
Amendmentwasgi venr
etr
ospec t
iveeffec
tfrom 1960.

Actisl
awonthes ubj
ectoftenanc
yofagr i
cul
tur
allands.Accordi
ngl
yitgov
erns
rel
ati
onshi
psbet
weenlandlor
dandt enant
sofagric
ultur
allands
.

Landwasseri
ous
lyaffectedbecaus
eofnegl ec
toflandholderandalsobydispute
betweenl
andl
ordandt enant.
Thisr
esul
tedinnonculti
vati
onofland,ineff
ici
entuseof
l
andlandanddecreas
ei nsoci
alandeconomiccondit
ionsofpeasants/far
mer s
.

Consequentl
yitbecamees sent
ialt
oas s
umemanagementoflandheldbyl
andhol
der
s
fori
mpr ovi
ngsocialandec
onomi ccondit
ionsandf
orbet
terc
ulti
vat
ionofl
ands.

Consider
ingt
hisbackgr
oundLegi
slatur
eenac
tedBombayAgr
icul
tur
alLandsAc
t1948
deal
ingwitht
enancyofagri
cul
tur
alland.

Obj
ectAndAppl
ic
ati
onofAc
t.

Ac
twasenac
tedwi
thav
iew-

I
)toi
mpr
oves
oci
alandec
onomi
ccondi
ti
onsofpeas
ant
s/f
armer
s.

I
I)t
oens
uref
ullandef
fic
ientus
eofl
andf
oragr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
es.

I
II
)toi
mpos
eres
tri
cti
onsont
rans
ferofagr
icul
tur
all
and.

I
nSakur
aiJ
adhavvChandr
akantAgni
hot
riAI
R1987S.
C.637
SupremeCourtofi
ndi
ahel
dthatAc
twasenac
tedwi
rhhi
ghoft
rans
fer
ringl
andt
o
ti
ll
ersofsoi
l.

I
nKot
hunivSt
ateofMadr
asAI
R1960S.
C.1080

Courthel
dt hatl
egi
slat
ivehi
storyofActi
sadmiss
ibl
eforl
imit
edpurpos
eof
asc
ertai
ningprevai
li
ngcondi
tionswhic
hac t
uat
edBil
landurgenc
y.

Actisenact
edbyLegisl
atur
e ofMaharas
htraandisappli
edtoSt ateofMahar
asht
ra.
Landissubj
ecti
ncl
udedinCommonListofConst
itut
ion.Accor
dinglyStat
eis
competenttomakelaw.

I
nSriRamnarai
nvStateofMaharashtr
aAI R1959S.
C.459.Val
idi
tyofActwas
c
hal
lenged.Cour
thel
ditascons
titut
ionalonthebas
isofArtic
les31A.

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---
--'
Conc
ept
sCov
eredbyAc
t.

1.DeemedTenant
s:

DeemedTenantisper
son/t
enantment
ionedinSect
ion4ofAct.Hei
spersonwhoi
s
l
awful
lycult
ivat
ingl
andbel
ongi
nganotheri
fnotcul
tiv
atedbyownerofl
and
per
sonal
ly
.

Sect
ionlaysdownthatper
sonlawful
lycul
tivat
inganylandbelongi
ngtoanother
per
sonshallbedeemedtobeat enanti
fsuc
hl andisnotculti
vat
edpersonal
lybythe
ownerandifsuchper
sonisnot––

(
a)amemberoft
heowner
’sf
ami
ly
,or

(b)as ervantonwagespayabl
eincas
horki
ndbutnoti
ncropshar
eorahir
edlabour
er
cult
ivatingthelandundert
hepers
onals
uper
vis
ionoft
heowneroranymemberofthe
owner ’sfamil
y,or

(
c)amor
tgageei
npos
ses
sion.

HoweverEx pl
anati
onI–lay
sdownt hat per
sons hal
lnotbedeemedtobeatenant
undert
hissect
ionifsuc
hpersonhasbeendeclar
ed,byac ompet
entaut
hori
ty,
notto
beatenantunderBombayTenancyAct1939.

Ex
planat
ionI
I.
––Wher
eanyl
andi
scul
ti
vat
ed-
byawi
dowormi
nor

oraper
sonwhoi
ssubj
ectt
ophy
sic
alorment
aldi
sabi
li
ty

oras
erv
ingmemberoft
hear
medf
orc
est
hroughat
enanthes
hal
lbedeemedt
enant
.
Ac
cor
dingt
oCl
aus
e2

whereanyl
andintheRatnagir
iandSindhudurgdis
tri
ctsi
sbei
ngcul
ti
vatedbya
per
sonfornotl
essthan12y ears
,suc
hper sonshal
lbedeemedtobeatenantf
ort
he
pur
posesofthi
ssecti
on

i
fther
eisc
irc
ums
tant
ialev
idenc
ethat
-

hehasbeenuni
nter
rupt
edl
ycul
ti
vat
ingt
hel
andper
sonal
ly
,

andt heSarpanchorPoli
cePatil
ort heChair
manofVi v
idhKaryakariSahakariSoci
ety
,
andthec ul
ti
vat
oroftheadjoi
ninglands t
ateonaffi
davi
tthat
,thes aidlandisinthe
poss
essionofsuchpersonandiscultiv
atedunint
errupt
edlyf
ornotl esst han12years
.

Landi
ncl
udest
hewar
kasl
and

Jas
wantr
aivBaij
iwi(
1957)59Bom.L.
R.isonthepoi
ntthatSec
tion4islegalfi
cti
on.
Befor
epers
oncanbet enanthemus
tlawful
lycul
ti
vat
elandandt hi
sisc
ondi t
ion.

2.Prot
ectedt
enant
s.Sec
.4A.personshal
lberecogni
zedtobeapr otec
tedtenant
,if
suchpers
onhasbeendeemedt obeapr otec
tedtenantundersec
tions3,3Aand4of
theBombayTenancyAct,1939,r
efer
redtoinScheduleItothi
sAc t
.

Secti
on4Awasi nser
tedi
n1956t or ecognis
epersontobedeemedasprotect
ed
tenantunderBombayTenanc yAc t1939.Protec
tedtenanti
sstat
ustowhi
c hpri
vi
leges
areattac
hedi nrel
ati
ontoland.Sec4Ai snotappli
cabl
et oc
asesinwhi
chexemption
certi
fi
cateshavebeengrantedunders ect
ion88B.

Memberofl andlord'
sfami
lyispr
otec
tedtenant.Si
mil
arl
yhusbandcannotbet
enant
ofhiswif
eass heisl
andl
ady.Cas
eont hepoi
ntisAppal
alvShabaShi
rakawa
(1999)
101.Bom L.R.

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3.Cei
li
ngAr
ea:
Sec
tion5.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion5t
hec
eil
ingar
eaofl
andss
hal
lbe––

(
a)48ac
resofj
ir
ayatl
and,or

(
b)24ac
resofs
eas
onal
lyi
rri
gat
edl
andorpaddyorr
icel
and,or

(
c)12ac
resofper
enni
all
yir
rigat
edl
and.

Wher
ethel
andhel
dbyaper
sonc
ons
ist
soft
woormor
eki
ndsofl
ands
pec
ifi
edi
nsub
-
sec
tion(
1),

theceil
ingar
eaofs uchholdi
ngshal
lbedet
ermi
nedonthebasi
sofoneac
reof
perenni
all
yir
rigat
edlandbeingequalt
otwoacr
esofs
easonal
lyi
rri
gat
edl
andorpaddy
orricel
and,orfouracresofj
ir
ayatl
and.

Ex
planat
ion.
––I
ncal
cul
ati
ngt
hec
eil
ingar
ea,war
kasl
ands
hal
lbeex
cluded.

Obj
ectofFi
xi
ngCei
li
ngAr
ea-

I
)togi
vef
airamountofmeansofs
ubs
ist
enc
e

I
I)
toar
riv
eatec
onomi
cuni
tofc
ult
ivat
ion

II
I)t
oenableperson,whocanculti
vatelar
geareapersonal
lyandcangi
vemore
product
ionofperunitthansmallholders
,tohav
ethes el
andstotheex
tentwhi
chwi
ll
createi
nroadforGovernment'
spolic
yofequaldist
ributi
onofland.

InJ
anmbuRaovNemi
nat
hAIR1968S.
C.Supr
emeCour
thel
dthatc
ont
rac
tto
pur
chas
elandi
nex
ces
sofcei
li
ngar
eai
snotvoid.

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---
--

Ec
onomi
cHol
ding

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion6anec
onomi
chol
dings
hal
lbe,
––

(
a)16ac
resofj
ir
ayatl
and,or

(
b)8ac
resofs
eas
onal
lyi
rri
gat
edl
and,orpaddyorr
icel
and,or

(
c)4ac
resofper
enni
all
yir
rigat
edl
and.

Wherethelandhel
dbyaper s
onconsist
softwoormoreki
ndsofl
andspec
ifi
edi
nsub
-
secti
on(1)
,aneconomichol
dingshal
lbedeter
minedont
hebasi
sappl
ic
abletot
he
c
eil
ingar
eaundersub-s
ecti
on(2)ofsect
ion5.

I
ncal
cul
ati
nganec
onomi
chol
ding,war
kasl
ands
hal
lbeex
cluded.

Objectofthispr
ovisi
onist
or educepressur
eofpopul ati
ononlandandtoseethat
famil
yof4/ 5member s maintai
nitsel
font hatland.
Atthesametimetogivet
o
cul
tiv
atorstogiveenoughtomai nt
ainthems el
vesinproperst
andardofl
iv
ing.

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---
4.
Ir
rigat
edLandSec
tion6A.

Ir
rigatedl
andisagri
c ul
tur
all
andwhi c
hissuppli
edwit
hs uppl
imentalwat er.Howev
er
accordingSec
t i
on6A ofAc ti
rri
gatedlanddoesnoti
ncludelandi
rrigatedbyother
sourcesorbyl
iftir
rigat
ionsys
tem maintai
nedorconst
ructedbyStat eGov er
nment.

Sec
tion6Al
aysdownt
hat

(a)ir
rigatedland,whetherperenni
all
yorseasonal
lyi
rri
gat
ed,shal
lnoti
ncl
udeland
i
r r
igatedbys ourcesotherthancanal
sorbundharaswithi
nthemeaningof t he
BombayI rr
igati
onAc t
,1879,oranylifti
rri
gat
ionsys
tem cons
truc
tedormaint
ainedby
theSt ateGov er
nment

(
b)seasonal
lyir
rigatedlandshal
linc
ludeall
uviall
andandl
ands
ituat
edi
nthebedofa
r
iverandseasonall
yf l
oodedbythewat erofsuchriv
er.

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---

5.
Max
imum andmi
nimum r
entSc
tion.8

Maxi
mum andmini
mum rentmeanstherentpres
cri
bedunderthi
ssecti
on.
Maxi
mum
r
entisr
entnotexc
eedi
ngfivet
imesassessmentofl
andortwentyrupeeswhi
chev
eri
s
l
ess
.

Andmi
nimum r
enti
srentnotl
esst
hant
wic
eofas
ses
smentofl
and.

Sec
tion8l
aysdownasunder

Subj
ectt
othepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
tbut

not
wit
hst
andi
nganyl
aw,c
ust
om,us
age,agr
eementort
hedec
reeoror
derofac
our
t,

therentpayabl
es hal
lbepaidannual
ly,andi
ncash.Andsuchrentshal
lnotexc
eedf
ive
ti
mest heasses
smentpay abl
einrespectoft
helandortwentyrupeesperac
re,
whic
hev eri
sless

ands
hal
lnotbel
esst
hant
wic
esuc
has
ses
sment
.

wheretheamountequalt
otwi
cet
heas
ses
smentex
ceedst
hes
um oft
went
yrupees
perac
re

t
her
ents
hal
lbet
wic
etheas
ses
sment
.

As
ses
smentmeans––
(i
)inar
easinwhic
has ettl
ementhasbeenmadeunderChapt
erVI
II
-AoftheBombay
LandRevenueCode,1879,ori
nwhichtheas
sess
menthasbeenfi
xedundersec
tion52
ofthesai
dCode

t
heas
ses
sments
oset
tledorf
ixed

(
ii
)inar
east
owhi
chr
ule19Noft
heLandRev
enueRul
es,1921appl
ies

s
uchas
ses
smentasmaybel
evi
abl
eundert
hatr
ule

(
ii
i)inareastowhicht
he BombayMer
gedTer
rit
ori
esandAr
eas(
Jagi
rsAbol
it
ion)
Act,1953,appl
ies

t
heas
ses
smentf
ixedunders
ect
ion7oft
hatAc
t

(
iv)i
nar
easi
nwhi
cht
heas
ses
smenti
spay
abl
einc
rops
har
eorpr
oduc
e

suchas
sessmentasmaybef
ixedbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernmenti
nac
cor
danc
ewi
tht
he
LandRevenueRul
es.

Ifbycustom,usage,agr
eementort
hedecr
eeoror
derofacour
t,theamountofr
ent
payabl
eisles
sthant hemaxi
mum ormi
nimum s
peci
fi
edi
nsub-sec
t i
on

(
1)t
heamounts
opay
abl
eshal
lbet
her
enti
nres
pec
toft
hel
and.

I
nrespectofanyl
andwhi
chi
spar
tial
lyorwhol
lyex
emptf
rom t
hepay
mentofl
and
r
evenue

t
heful
lamountofas
ses
smentl
evi
abl
einr
espec
tofs
uchl
ands
hal
lbedeemedt
obe
t
heasses
sment.

InJor
avervStat
eofBombayAI
R1954Bom.Courthel
dthatmaxi
mum r
entonc
efi
xed
undersect
ion6(2)
maybel
ower
edbytheCourtunderSec
tion8(
2).

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---
---
---
---
---
--

6.Cer
tif
icat
edLandl
ord(
Sec
tion33A)

Cer
tif
icat
edLandl
ordmeansaper
sont
ocer
tif
icat
eisi
ssuedunders
ect
ion88Cby
Mamlatdar.

Sec
tion33Adef
inesCer
tif
icat
edLandl
ordasunders
ect
ions33A

(
“cer
tif
icatedlandl
ord”meansaper
sonwhoholdsacert
ifi
cat
eissuedtohim unders
ub
-
secti
on( 4)ofsect
ion88Cbutdoesnoti
ncl
udealandl
ordwithi
nt hemeani
ngof
Chapt
erI
II
-AAhol
dingas
imi
larc
ert
ifi
cat
e.

Acerti
fi
catedlandlor
dmay ,aft
ergivi
ngnotic
eandmaki nganapplic
ationfor
poss
essionaspr ovi
dedinsub-sect
ion(3)
,ter
mi natethetenanc
yofanex cl
udedt
enant
,
i
fthelandl
or dbona-fi
derequir
essuchlandforc ul
ti
vati
ngitpersonal
ly.

I
nBabanvNaray
anGodaseAIR1972Bom.Courthel
dthatdat
eofc
ert
ifi
cat
eis
mat
eri
alt
odec
idethei
ssuewhetherl
andl
ordisminor.

Objecti
stogivechoic
etolandl
ordswhoareunderdi
sabi
li
tyl
ikemi
nor
,widowet
c.t
o
ter
minatetenanc
ybygi v
ingnoticebef
ore31December1962orbymaki
ng
appli
cat
iontoMaml at
dar
.

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---
---
---
-

Ri
ght
sandl
iabi
li
ti
esofl
andl
ord.

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Maharashtr
aTenanc yandAgr icul
tur
alLandsAc thasbeenenactedbyLegislat
ureof
Maharashtr
awi thav i
ewt oi
mpr ovesoci
alandec onomiccondi
tionsofpeasants/
f
armersandt oi mposerestr
icti
onsont r
ansferofagri
cult
urall
and.Actdef
ines
l
andl
or dandt enantandregulatthei
rrel
ati
onshipbyc r
eati
ngpr ovi
si
onsrelati
ngto
r
ight
s, l
iabi
li
ti
esofpar ti
esoftenancy.

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
ori
ght
sofl
andl
ord-

1.
Ter
minat
ionoft
enanc
yfordef
aul
toft
enant
(sec
tion14)

Tenanc
ymaybet
ermi
nat
edonf
oll
owi
nggr
ounds-unl
esst
het
enant

(
i)hasf
ail
edt
opayt
her
entf
oranyr
evenuey
ear
,bef
oret
he31s
tdayofMayt
her
eof
;

(
ii
)hasdoneanyac
twhi
chi
sdes
truc
tiv
eorper
manent
lyi
njur
ioust
othel
and;

(
ii
i)hass
ub-
div
ided,s
ub-
letoras
signedt
hel
andi
ncont
rav
ent
ionofs
ect
ion27;

(
iv)hasf
ail
edt
ocul
ti
vat
eitper
sonal
ly
;or

(
v)hasus
eds
uchl
andf
orapur
pos
eot
hert
hanagr
icul
tur
eoral
li
edpur
sui
ts;and

Threemonths’ not
iceinwrit
inginf
ormi ngt hetenantofhi
sdec i
si
ont otermi
natethe
tenancyandthegr oundforsuchterminationisgivenandwithi
nt hatperi
odthe
tenanthasfai
ledtor emedythebreachf orwhicht het
enancyisli
abletobeterminat
ed.
InDhanSinghvLaxmiNaray
anAIR1974S.
C.Courthel
dthati
ftenantfai
lstopaypar
t
ofrenti
nanyyearwit
hinperi
ods
pecif
iedi
nthi
ssecti
onitmeanshei sdefaul
ter
.

2.
Landl
ord’
srightt
otermi
nat
etenanc
yforper
sonalc
ult
ivat
ionandnon-agr
icul
tur
al
pur
pose.
(Sect
ion31).

Landlor
dmayaf t
ergivi
ngnoti
ceandmakinganappli
cati
onforpossess
ionas
provi
dedi nsub-secti
on(2)
,ter
minatethet
enancyofanylandexc
eptapermanent
tenancyifthelandlor
dbona-fi
derequi
rest
helandforanyofthefol
lowi
ngpurpos
es
:––

(
a)f
orc
ult
ivat
ingper
sonal
ly
,or

(
b)f
oranynon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
e.

Thenot
icer
equi
redt
obegi
venunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1)s
hal
lbei
nwr
iti
ng

ands
hal
lst
atet
hepur
pos
eforwhi
cht
hel
andl
ordr
equi
rest
hel
and

ands
hal
lbes
erv
edont
het
enantonorbef
oret
he31s
tdayofDec
ember1956.

Ac opyofsuchnot i
ceshal
l,att
hesametime,besentt
otheMamlat
dar.An
appli
cat
ionforpossess
ionundersect
ion29shal
lbemadetotheMamlatdaronor
beforet
he31s tdayofMarch1957.

Wherealandl
ordisaminor
,orawidow,orapersons
ubj
ectt
omentalorphy
sic
al
di
sabi
li
tyappl
icat
ionf
orposses
sionunders
ecti
on29maybemade

(
i)byt
hemi
norwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chheat
tai
nsmaj
ori
ty;

(
ii
)bythesuccesor-
in-t
itl
eofawidowwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhc
ihher
i
nter
esti
nt helandceasestoex
ist

(
ii
i)wi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chment
alorphy
sic
aldi
sabi
li
tyc
eas
est
oex
ist

Condi
ti
onsf
orTer
minat
ionofTenanc
y.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion31A.rightofal
andlor
dtotermi
nateatenancyf
orcult
ivat
ing
thelandper
sonal
lyunders
ec t
ion31s
hallbesubj
ectt
othefoll
owingcondi
ti
ons:––

(
a)I
fthel
andl
ord,

att
hedat
eonwhi
cht
henot
icei
sgi
venandont
hedat
eonwhi
chi
tex
pir
es,

hasnoot
herl
andofhi
sownorhasnotbeenc
ult
ivat
ingper
sonal
lyanyot
herl
and,
he
s
hal
lbeent
itl
edt
otakepos
ses
sionoft
hel
andl
eas
edt
otheex
tentofac
eil
ingar
ea.

(b)I
fthelandcult
ivat
edbyhim per
sonal
lyi
sles
st hanacei
li
ngarea,t
hel andlor
ds hal
l
beentit
ledtotakepossess
ionofsomuchareaoft hel
andl
easedaswillbes uff
ici
ent
tomakeupt heareainhisposs
essi
ontotheextentofacei
li
ngarea.

(
c)Thei
ncomebythecul
tiv
ati
onofthelandofwhichhei
sent
itl
edt
otakepos
ses
sion
i
sthepr
inci
pals
our
ceofincomeforhi
smaintenanc
e.

d)
Thel
andl
eas
eds
tandsi
nther
ecor
dofr
ight
s

ori
nanypubl
icr
ecor
dors
imi
larr
evenuer
ecor
dont
he1s
tdayofJ
anuar
y1952

andther
eaf
terdur
ingtheper
iodbetweent
hes
aiddat
eandt
heappoi
nteddays
tands
i
nthenameofthelandl
ordhi
ms el
f,

orinthenameofanyofhi sances
tor
sbutnotofanypers
onf
rom whom t
itl
eis
der
ived,
whetherbyas
signmentorCourts
aleorot
herwi
se

ori
fthel
andl
ordi
samemberofaj
ointf
ami
ly
,int
henameofamemberofs
uchf
ami
ly

e)I
fmoretenanci
esthanonearehel
dunderthesamelandl
ord,thenthelandlor
dshal
l
becompetenttot
erminat
eonlythetenanc
yortenanc
ieswhicharetheshortesti
n
poi
ntofdurati
on.

3.
Landl
ordi
sent
itl
edt
oret
ainl
andons
urr
enderoft
enanc
y(s
ect
ion15)

Whent enantt
urminat
estenancybysur
render
inghi
sint
eres
tinf
avourofl
andl
ord
he(
lanl
ord)i
senti
tl
edtoretai
nland.

I
nRamac
handraAdakevGov
indAIR1975S.
C.Courthel
dthats
urr
endert
obev
ali
d
mus
tbei
nwr i
ti
ngandmustbever
ifi
edbyMamlatdar.

4.Landl
ord'
sri
ghtWher
eanypur
chas
eofl
andbec
omesi
nef
fec
tiv
e(Sec
tion32-
N).

Thef
ormerl
andl
ordshal
lbeenti
tl
edtorecoverfr
om hi
sfor
mert
enantc
ompens
ati
on
f
orus
eandoccupat
ionofthel
andequalt
ot herent.

Compensati
onduemayber
ecov
er edfr
om t
hef
ormert
enantasanar
rearofl
and
rev
enue,andpai
dtot
hefor
merlandlor
d.

Theamountsorecover
abl
eshal
lbededuc
tedf
rom t
heamount
,ifany
,tober
efunded
tothef
ormertenant
.

5.
Spec
ialr
ightofc
ert
ifi
cat
edl
andl
ordt
oter
minat
etenanc
yforper
sonal
c
ult
ivat
ion.
(Sec
tion33B)

Ac ert
ifi
cat
edlandl
ordmay
,af
tergivi
ngnot
iceandmaki
nganappl
ic
ati
onf
or
pos
s ess
ionasprovi
dedi
nsub-
secti
on(3)
,

t
ermi
nat
ethet
enanc
yofanex
cludedt
enant
,

i
fthel
andl
ordbona-
fider
equi
ress
uchl
andf
orc
ult
ivat
ingi
tper
sonal
ly
.

Thenot
icemaybegivenandanappli
cati
onmadebyac er
tif
icat
edl
andl
ordunders
ub-
s
ecti
on(3)i
nacc
ordancewit
hsub-secti
on(2)ofs
ect
ion31.

6.
Rightofl
andl
ordt
oter
minat
ethet
enanc
y(Sc
tion43-
1B.
)

l
andl
ordc
an,

atanyti
meaftert
hecommenc
ementoft
heTenanc
yandAgr
icul
tur
alLandsLaws
(Amendment
)Ac t
,1964,

terminat
ethetenanc
yofanylandandobtai
npossessi
onoflandwhic
hwi l
lbe
suf
fic
ienttomakeupthet
otallandi
nhisact
ualposs
essionequalt
othec
eili
ngar
ea
and

wher
et hel
andlor
disamemberofjoi
ntfami
ly,onl
ytotheext
entofhi
sshar
eint
he
l
and(notexceedi
ngthec
eil
ingar
ea)hel
dbythejoi
ntfamil
y.

HoweverMaml at
daristobe sat
isf
iedthatshar
ehasbeens epar
atedbymetesand
boundsinthesameproport
ionashisshar
eintheent
irej
ointfamil
yproper
tyandnot
i
nal ar
gerproport
ion.

Not enancyofanyl
ands hal
lbeterminat
edundersub-s
ec t
ion(1)
,unl
essanoti
cein
wri
ti
ngi sgi
ventothetenant,andanappli
cat
ionforpossessi
onundersub-s
ecti
on(3-
A)ofsecti
on29ismadet otheCollec
tor.

Incaseofalandl
ordwhohasc easedt
obeservi
ngmemberofthearmedfor
ces,suc
h
noti
ceshal
lbegivenandappl
ic
at i
onmadewit
hintwoyear
sfr
om thedat
eofs uc
h
ceas
er.

Andi
fhediesbef
or etheexpi
ryofthes
etwoyear
swit
houtgiv
ings
uchnoti
ceor
maki
ngsuc
happlicati
on,thenwit
hintwoyear
sfr
om t
hedateofhi
sdeat
h.

7.
lans
lor
d'sr
ightt
orec
overr
entwhenpur
chas
ebec
omesi
nef
fec
tiv
e.(
Sec
tion32N)

Wher
eanypur
chas
eofl
andbec
omesi
nef
fec
tiv
e,t
hef
ormerl
andl
ords
hal
lbeent
itl
ed
torecoverfr
om hisformert enantcompensati
onforuseandoc c
upationoftheland
equaltotherentthereofandanys uchc ompensat
ionduemayber ecover
edf r
om the
for
mert enantasanar rearoflandrev
enue,andpaidtotheformerlandl
ord.The
amounts orecover
ables hal
lbededuc t
edf r
om theamount,i
fany,toberefundedto
theformertenant.

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--

Li
abi
li
ti
esAnddi
sabi
li
ti
esofLandl
ord.

1Landl
ordi
snotl
iabl
etomakec
ont
ribut
iont
owar
dst
hec
ostofc
ult
ivat
ion.
(Sec
tion
9B)

Inc as
eoflandi
nr es
pectofwhichtherenthasbeenfi
xedundersec
tion9alandlord
shal
lnotbeli
abl
etomakeanyc ontr
ibut
iontowardsthecul
ti
vati
onoft hel
and,i
nt he
posses
sionofhi
stenant
.

Anduntiltherentisfi
xedinaccordancewit
htheprovis
ionsofthepr
ecedingsec
tions
,
atenantshallbeli
abletopaytothelandl
ordtherentattherat
eatwhichitwas
payabl
eimmedi atel
ybeforethecommenc ementoftheamendingAct,1955.

2.
Refundofrentrec
over
edi
ncont
rav
ent
ionoft
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
heAc
tandot
her
Penal
ti
es.Secti
on10.

Ifanylandl
ordr
ecoversrentfr
om,anyt enantincontr
aventi
onoft heprovi
si
onsof
secti
ons8,9,9Aor9Ches hal
lfort
hwithrefundtheexces
samountr ecover
edtothe
tenantandshal
lbeli
abletopays uchcompens at
iontothetenantasmaybe
determinedbytheMamlatdarinthisbehal
f

Andshal
lal
sobel
iabl
etos
uchpenal
tyasmaybepr
esc
ribedbyr
ulesmadeundert
his
Ac
t.

I
nSubr
amani
anRam vPy
araKr
ishna.AI
R1956Bom.
69.

Cour
thel
dthatf
ori
nvol
vi
ngs
ect
ion10r
eas
onabl
erents
houl
dhav
ebeenf
ixed.

3.
Landl
ordi
snotent
itl
edt
oter
minat
etenanc
yforper
sonalc
ult
ivat
ion.
(Sec
tion31C)

Thetenancyofanyl andlef
twit
hthet enantaft
ertheterminati
onofthetenancyunder
secti
on31s hal
lnotatanyt i
meafterwardsbeli
abletoterminati
onagai
nont he
groundthatthelandlor
dbonafiderequirest
hatlandforpersonalc
ult
ivat
ion.

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---
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--
Ri
ght
sofTenant:

Maharas
htr
aTenanc
yandAgr i
cul
tur
alLandsAc
tlay
sdowni
mpor
tantpr
ovi
si
ons
r
elat
ingtori
ght
softenant-

1.
Tenant
’sr
ight
stopur
chas
esi
tesr
efer
redt
oins
ect
ion16.(
Sec
tion17,
17A)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion17Tenanti
sgi
venf
irs
topt
ionofpur
chas
ings
iteonwhi
chhehas
bui
ltadwel
li
nghous
eathisorhi
spredeces
sori
nti
tleex
penses.Si
mil
arl
yAccor
dingt
o
sec
tion17A hehasri
ghttopur
chasethesamesi
teonwhic
hhehasbui l
tdwel
li
nghous
e.

Ifalandl
ordtowhom thesit
er ef
er r
edtoi
nsection16bel
ongsint
endstosel
lsuch
si
te,thet
enantshal
lbegiv
en,inthemannerprovidedi
nsubsecti
on(2)
,thefi
rst
opti
onofpurchasi
ngthesit
eatav al
uedet
erminedbytheTri
bunal
.

Ahel andlordintendingtosellsuchsi
teshallgivenoticei
nwrit
ingt othetenant
requir
inghi mtos tate,wi
thi
nt hreemonthsf r
om t hedateofs
erviceofsuchnot i
ce,
whetherhei swi l
li
ngt opurchasethesit
e.Ifhei nt
imatesinwr
iti
ngt othelandlor
dthat
heiswi l
li
ngt opurc haset
hes i
te,thel
andlords hal
lmakeanappl i
cati
ont otheTri
bunal
forthedet erminati
onoft hevalueofthesite.

Onrecei
ptofsuchappl
ic
at i
ontheTri
bunals
hal
ldet
ermi
net
hev
alueoft
hes
itewhi
ch
s
hal
lnotexceed20ti
mest heannualr
ent.

TheTri
bunalmay,r
equir
et enanttodeposittheamountofv al
ueofsuchsi
tewithi
n
oneyearf
rom t
hedateofsuc horder. Andonthedepositofsuchamountthesi
te
shal
lbedeemedtohavebeent rans
ferr
edtothetenantandtheamountdeposit
ed
shal
lbepai
dtothelandl
ord.

TheTribunalshal
lgrantacer
tif
icat
einthepres
cri
bedfor
mt os
ucht
enants
pec
ify
ing
ther
einthes i
tesotr
ansfer
redandt henameofsucht
enant.

Ifthet enantfai
lstoi
nti
mat ehiswill
ingnes
st opurc
hasethes i
tewi t
hint heti
me
specif
iedins ub-s
ecti
on(2)orfail
stodepos itt
heamountoft hev al
uewi thi
nthetime
specif
iedins ub-s
ecti
on(3),thetenantshal
lbedeemedt ohaver eli
nquishedhisri
ght
offir
stopt i
ont opurc
haset hesi
teandt helandl
ordshal
lthenbeent itl
edt oevi
ctthe
tenant.

But compens
ati
onf ortheval
ueofthes
truc
tur
eofsuchdwell
inghouseasmaybe
deter
minedbytheTribunalt
obepaidorhemayall
owthetenantathi
soptiont
o
removethemater
ialofthestur
ctur
e.

Anys
aleofas
itehel
dinc
ont
rav
ent
ionoft
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lbenul
landv
oid.
Ac c
ordingto 17A.Ifat enanti
ntendstopr uchasethesit
eonwhi c hadwelli
nghouse
i
sbui l
t,heshallgi
venoti
c einwri
ti
ngt olandlordtothateff
ect.I
ft helandl
ordref
uses,
orfail
stoac c
epttheofferandtoex ecut
et hesale-
deedwi t
hinthreemont hsfrom t
he
datenot i
ce thetenantmayappl ytotheTr i
bunalforthedeterminationofthe
reasonablepri
ceoftheland.Its
hallnotexceed20t imestheannualr ent.

2.
Tenant
’sr
ightt
otr
eespl
ant
edbyhi
m(Sec
tio19.
)

Ifat enanthasplantedorplantsanytr
eesonanylandleas
edt ohi
m,hes hal
lbe
enti
tledt otheproduceandt hewoodofsuchtreesdur
ingtheconti
nuanceofhi
s
tenancyands hal
lont heter
mi nat
ionofhi
stenancybeentit
ledtosuchcompensat
ion
forthes aidtr
eesasmaybedet er
minedbytheMaml at
dar.

Howeveratenantshal
lnotbeentit
ledt
ocompensat
ionundert
hiss
ect
ioni
fthe
tenanc
yist
erminat
edbys ur
renderonthepar
toft
het enant
.

3.
Rightt
opr
oduc
eofnat
ural
lygr
owi
ngt
ree20.

Accor
dingtosec
t i
on20tenantshal
lbeent
itl
edt
otwo-
thi
rdsoft
het
otalpr
oduc
eof
tr
eesnatur
all
ygrowingonthel
and.

Andt
hel
andl
ordt
oone-
thi
rdoft
hepr
oduc
eofs
ucht
rees
.

Ifthereisanydi
sputeregar
dingtheri
ghttotheproduceofs uc
ht reesorthe
appor t
ionmentofsuchproduceasprovi
dedundersub-sec
tion(1),thetenantort
he
l
andl ordmayapplytotheMaml at
darwhoshall
,af
terholdi
ngani nquiry,pas
ssuch
orderashedeemsf it
.

4.
Rel
iefAgai
nstt
ermi
nat
ionoft
enanc
yinc
ert
ainc
ases
.(Sec
tion24)

Wheretenanc
yofanyl
andheldbyanytenanti
stermi
natedonthegroundthatt
he
t
enanthasdoneanyac
twhichisdes
truct
iveorper
manentl
yinj
uri
oustotheland

noproceedi
ngforej
ectmentagainsts
ucht enantshal
lli
e,unl
essandunti
l,t
helandl
ord
hasserv
edonthetenantanoticeinwrit
ings pec
ify
ingtheactofdest
ruc
tionorinj
ury
complai
nedof

andthet
enantf
ail
swithi
naper
iodofoneyearf
rom t
heser
vic
eofnotic
et or
est
ore
thel
andtothec
ondit
ioninwhi
chitwasbef
oresuc
hdest
ructi
onori
njury.

I
nSmt
.Tar
abaivTr
ibunalChi
ndhu1965Mah.
L.J
.167

Hi
ghCour
thel
dthatnot
iceunders
ect
ion24i
smandat
oryandi
scodi
ti
onpr
ecedent
.
5.
Rel
iefAgai
nstt
ermi
nat
ionoft
enanc
yfornon-
pay
mentofr
ent
.(
Sec
tion25)

Whereanytenanc
yofanylandhel
dbyanytenanti
ster
minatedf
ornon-
pay
mentof
r
entandthelandl
ordf
il
esanyproceedi
ngt
oejectt
hetenant
,

theMaml atdarshal
lcalluponthetenantt otendertothelandlordtherenti nar
rears
toget
herwi t
ht hecostoftheproceeding,withi
nt hr
eemont hs
from thedat eoforder
andifthetenantcomplieswithsuchor der,t
heMaml atdarshallpassanor derdi
recti
ng
thatthetenancyhadnotbeent erminated,andt her
eupont hetenantshallholdthe
l
andasi fthetenancyhadnotbeent ermi nat
ed.

6.
Rightoft
enantwhos
etenanc
yisc
reat
edaf
tert
il
ler
s'dayt
opur
chas
eland.(
Sec
tion
32.
O)

Inr
espec
tofanyt
enancycr
eat
edaft
ert
het
il
ler
s’daybyal
andl
ord(
notbei
nga
s
erv
ingmemberofthear
medforc
es)

atenantcul
ti
v at
ingpers
onall
ys hal
lbeenti
tl
edwi t
hinoney earfrom the
c
ommenc ementofs uchtenancytopurchas
ef r
om thelandl
or dthelandheldbyhi
m or
s
uchpartthereofaswil
lrai
setheholdingofthetenanttothec ei
lingarea.

At enantexer
cisi
ngther i
ghtconferredonhim undersub-sec
tion(
1)shal
lgi
vean
i
nti
mat ioni
nthatbehalftothelandlordandtheTribunali
nthepres
cri
bedmanner
wit
hintheperiodspeci
fiedint
hats ub-sect
ion.

I
nPandur
angDny
anobavDadaRamaAI
R1976.
S.C.
910.

SupremeCour tofi
ndiahel
dthatSect
ion32-OtheActappli
esonlytot
enanc
yc reated
aft
ertil
ler
'sday.
Andtenantdesi
roust
opurchasel
andmus tgivei
nti
mati
ontolandlord
andtoTr i
bunalwit
hinoneyearf
rom commencementofhistenancy
.

7.
Rightoft
enantt
opur
chas
ewher
elandl
ordi
smi
nor(
Sec
tion32-
F)

wherethelandl
ordi
sami
nor
,orawi
dow,oraper
sons
ubj
ectt
oanyment
alor
phy
sic
aldis
abili
ty

t
hetenantshal
lhavetheri
ghttopur
chases
uchl
andundersect
ion32wit
hinoneyear
f
rom t
heexpiryoftheper
iodduri
ngwhic
hsuchl
andl
ordisent
itl
edtot
erminat
ethe
t
enancyundersect
ion31

andforenabl
ingthetenanttoexer
cisetherightofpur
chas
e,t
helandlordshal
lsend
ani
nti
mat i
ontothetenantofthefactthathehasattai
nedmaj
ori
ty,beforetheexpi
ry
oft
heperiodduri
ngwhi c
hs uchl
andlordisenti
tledt
otermi
nat
ethet enancyunder
s
ect
ion31

Howev er whereaper
sonofs
uchcat
egoryisouts
idethecat
egori
esmentionedi
n
t
hissub-sect
ion,t
heshar
eofsuc
hpersoni
nthejoi
ntfamil
yistobesepar
atedby
metesandbounds

andtheMaml atdaroninquiryi
stobes atis
fiedthatthes hareofsuchpersoninthe
l
andi ssepar
ated,hav
ingr egar
dt ot
hear ea,assess
ment ,classi
fi
cat
ionandv al
ueofthe
l
and,int hes
amepr oporti
onast heshareoft hatpersonint heenti
rej
ointfamil
y
propert
yandnoti nalargerproport
ion.

wher ethetenanti
sami nor,orawi
dow,orapers
ons ubj
ectt
oanymentalorphysi
cal
dis
abili
tyoraservi
ngmemberoft hearmedfor
ces,t
her i
ghtt
opurc
haselandunder
secti
on32maybeex er
cised––

(
i)byt
hemi
norwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chheat
tai
nsmaj
ori
ty;

(
ii
)bythesuccessor
-in-
tit
leoft
hewidowwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chher
i
nter
esti
nt helandceasestoex
ist

(
ii
i)wi
thi
noneyearf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
cht
hement
alorphy
sic
aldi
sabi
li
tyoft
he
t
enantceas
est
oex i
st;

(i
v)wit
hinoneyearfrom t
hedat
eonwhi
cht
het
enantc
eas
est
obeas
erv
ingmember
ofthearmedforces

ifatenantholdinglandfrom alandl
ord(whowasami norandhasat tainedmajor
ity
beforethecommenc ementoftheTenancyandAgr i
culturalLandsLaws( Amendment )
Act,1969)hasnotgi veni
ntimati
onasrequi r
edbythi
ss ub-secti
onbutbei ngin
possessi
onoft helandons uchcommenc ementisdesi
r ousofex er
cisi
ngt heri
ght
conferr
eduponhi m undersub-secti
on(1),hemaygives uchinti
mat i
onwi thi
naperi
od
oftwoy ear
sfrom thec ommenc ementoft hatAc
t.

I
nAppal
alNar
sappavAkubai(
1999)
101(
2)L.
R.730(
S.C.
)

Cour
thel
dthatr
ightt
opur
chas
elands
houl
dbeex
erc
isedwi
thi
noney
ear
.

8.
Rightoft
enantt
opur
chas
elandl
andf
rom l
andl
ord(
Sec
tion43-
1D)

Atenanthol
dingl
andfrom al
andlor
ds hall
,subj
ectt
othepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ect
ion32A,
beenti
tl
edtopurchas
ef r
om t
helandlord––

(
a)wher
ethel
andl
ordf
ail
stomakeanappl
ic
ati
onasr
equi
redbys
ect
ion43-
1B,t
he
ent
irel
ands
ohel
dbyhi
m,and

(
b)i
nanyotherc
ase,suchpartoft
helandhel
dbythet
enantasi
slef
twi
thhi
m af
ter
t
heter
minat
ionoftenancyunders
ect
ion43-1B.

Therighttopurchasel
andundersub-s
ecti
on(1)shal
lbeexer
cis
edwi t
hinoney
ear
fr
om t hedat
eonwhi chposs
essi
onoft hel
andisobtai
nedbythelandl
ordin
purs
uanc eoftheprovi
si
onsofsecti
on43-1B Or

aft
ertheexpi
ryoft
heper
iodr
efer
redt
oint
hepr
ovi
sot
othes
ub-
sec
tion(
2)of
sect
ion43-1B.

Andi
nti
mat i
onofex
erci
seoft
heri
ghtshal
lbesentt
othel
andl
ordandt
heTr
ibunali
n
t
hepr
escri
bedmannerwit
hint
heperi
odafor
esai
d.

-
---
---
---
---

Li
abi
li
ti
esofTenant

Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
oli
abi
li
ti
esoft
enant:

1.
Rat
eofr
entpay
abl
ebyt
enantt
ohi
slandl
ord(
Sec
tion 9)
.

Subjecttothemax imum andmi nimum li

mitsofrentfixedundersec
tion8,the
Maml atdarshal
lforeachvil
lage,orgr
oupofv i
ll
ages,orforanyar
eains uchvi
llageor
group,withi
nhisjuris
dict
ion,fi
xt her
ateofr ent andtenantistopaythes amef or
theleaseofdiff
erentclas
sesofl andsi
tuateinsuchv i
ll
ageorgroupofv i
ll
ages,orarea,
asthec asemaybe.

2.
Lli
abi
li
tyoft
enantt
opay
mentunt
ilr
enti
sfi
xedunders
ect
ion9(
Sec
tion9c
)

Untilt
her enti sfix
edinac cor
dancewi ththeprovi
sionsofthepr ec
edings ec
t i
ons ,a
tenantshall,subjecttothemax i
mum pr ovidedundersecti
on8,bel i
abletopayt ot he
l
andlordther entatt herateatwhi c
hi twaspayableimmedi at
elybefor
et he
commenc ementoft heamendingAc t,1955,andifsuchrentwaspay ableinc r
ops har
e
orproduc e,eitherpartl
yorwholly,thevalueofsuchc r
ops hareorproduces hallbe
determinedi nt heprescr
ibedmanner .

3.
Liabi
li
tyoft
enantt
opayl
andr
evenueandc
ert
ainot
herc
ess
es.

Ev
eryt
enants
hal
lbel
iabl
etopayi
nres
pec
toft
hel
andhel
dbyhi
m asat
enant
-

(a)t
helandrev
enuei
nac
cor
danc
ewi
tht
hepr
ovi
si
onsof t
heBombayLandRev
enue
Code,1879.
(b)t
heir
rigat
ionc
essi
nac
crodanc
eewi
tht
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
heBombayI
rri
gat
ionAc
t,
1879.

(
c)t
hec
essl
evi
edunders
ect
ion93oft
heBombayLoc
alBoar
dsAc
t,1923.

(
d)t
hec
essl
evi
edunders
ect
ion89-
BofBombayVi
ll
agePanc
hay
atsAc
t,1933.

Howev
erI
ftheaggr
egat
eamountof
––

(
i)t
hel
andr
evenuepay
abl
ebyat
enantunderc
laus
e(a)ofs
ub-
sec
tion(
1)

and(
ii
)thec
esspay
abl
ebyhi
m under6c
laus
es(
c)and(
d)ofs
ub-
sec
tion(
1)

(
iii
)therentpaybal
ebyhimtothel
andl
ordunders
ecti
on9or9C,foranyy
ear
,exceedstheval
ueofone-s
ixt
hofthepr
oduceofsuc
hlandi
nthatyear
,

thet enants
hallbeenti
tl
edtodeductf
rom t
herentforthatyeart
heamountsoin
exces sandthequantum ofr
entpay
abl
ebyt het
enanttohislandl
ordfort
haty
ear
shallbedeemedt ohavebeenreduc
edtotheextentofs
uc hdeducti
on.

4.
Tenant
'sRes
pons
ibi
li
tyf
ormai
ntenanc
eofboundar
ymar
ks(
Sec
tion22)

Ther
espons
ibi
li
tyf
ort
hemai
ntenanc
eandgoodr
epai
roft
heboundar
ymar
ksoft
he
l
andhel
dbyhim

andanychar
gesreas
onablyincurr
edonacc
ountofser
vic
ebyr
evenueof
fic
ersi
ncas
e
ofal
ter
nati
on,r
emov alordi
srepai
rofs
uchboundar
ymarks

s
hal
lbeupont
het
enant
.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion30

Rher
ight
sorpr
ivi
legesofanyt
enant
,

underus
ageorf
ort
het
imebei
ngi
nfor
ce,

orar
isi
ngoutofanyc
ont
rac
t,gr
ant
,dec
reeoror
derofac
our
t

orot
her
wis
eshal
lnotbel
imi
tedorabr
idged.

-
---
---
---
---
--

Res
tri
cti
onOnTr
ans
ferofagr
icul
tur
alLand.
(Sec
tion63-
66)

Maharas
htr
aTenancyandAgri
cul
tur
alLandsActl
aysdownimpor
tantpr
ovisi
ons
r
elat
ingtores
tri
cti
onsont
ransf
erofagri
cul
tur
all
and.Thes
eprov
isi
onsareasunder-
Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion63

(a)nosal
e( i
ncl
udingsal
esinexecuti
onofadec r
eeofaCivi
lCourtorforrecover
yof
arrear
soflandrevenueorforsumsrecoverableasar
rear
soflandrevenue),gi
ft,
exchangeorleaseofanylandorint
eresttherei
n,or

(
b)nomortgageofanylandorint
eres
tther
ein,i
nwhic
hthepos
ses
sionoft
he
mort
gagedproper
tyisdeli
ver
edtothemortgagee,

s
hal
lbev
ali
dinf
avourofaper
sonwhoi
snotanagr
icul
tur
ist

orwhobeinganagricul
turi
stwi
llaftersuchsale,gi
ft,ex
change,l
eas
eormort
gage,
hol
dlandexceedi
ngtwot hir
doft heceil
ingareadeterminedundert
heMahar
ashtr
a
Agri
cul
tur
alLands(Ceil
ingonHoldings)Act,1961

orwhoi
snotanagr
icul
tur
all
abour
er.

HowevertheCol
lect
ororanoffic
eraut
horisedbytheStat
eGover
nmentinthi
sbehal
f,
maygrantper
mis
s i
onforsuchsal
e,gi
ft,ex
change,l
easeormor
tgage,ons
uch
condi
ti
onsasmaybeprescri
bed.

Theex pr
essionagri
cul
turi
stshal
linc
ludeanypersonandhishei
rswhosel
andhas
beenacquir
edf orapubl
icpurposeandwhoasar esul
tofsuchacqui
si
ti
onhasbeen
render
edlandlessfr
om thedateofsuchacqui
si
ti
on.

Wher eanycondi
tion,subj
ecttowhichpermi
ssi
ont otr
ansferwasgr
anted,i
s
c
ontravenedthenthelandinrespec
tofwhichsuchpermis
s i
onwasgrantedshal
lbe
l
iabl
etobef or
fei
tedinac c
ordancewitht
heprovi
sionsofsecti
on84CC.

Howev ers ub- s

ec ti
on(1)shal
lnotappl
ytothelands i
tuatedwi t
hintheli
mi t
sofa
Muni c
ipalCor porati
onoraMuni ci
palCounc
il
,orwi t
hinthej ur
isdic
t i
onofaSpec i
al
PlanningAut horityoraNewTownDev el
opmentAut horit
yappoi ntedorconsti
tuted
undert heprov i
sionsoftheMaharashtr
aRegionalandTownPl anningAct,1966orany
otherlawfort het imebeinginfor
ce.

Andalsotoanyl
andall
ocatedtoresi
denti
al,commerci
al,i
ndustr
ialoranyothernon-
agri
cul
tur
alusei
nthedraftorfi
nalRegi
onalplanorTownPl anni
ngSc hemeprepared
undert
heMaharasht
raRegionalandTownPl anni
ngAct,1966oranyot herl
awf orthe
ti
mebeinginfor
ce.

Anyt
rans
ferofl
and

i
nfav
ourofaper
sonwhoi
snotanagr
icul
tur
istf
oranynon-
agr
icul
tur
alus
esuc
has
r
esi
dent
ial
,commer
cial
,indus
tri
aloranyot
hernon-
agr
icul
tur
alus
e

shal
lbesubj
ecttothecondi
ti
onthatsuc
hlandshallbeputt
osuc
hnon-
agr
icul
tur
al
usewi
thi
naperiodoffi
veyearsf
rom t
hedateoftransf
er.

Anddueent
ryofs
uchc
ondi
ti
ons
hal
lbemadei
ntheRec
ordofRi
ght
sofs
uchl
and.

Landt r
ansfer
redforanynon- agri
cul
tur
alus
eper mi
ssi
blei
nthedraf
torfi
nal
Devel
opmentpl anorRegionalplanorTownPlanni
ngScheme,af
tertheex
pir
yoft
he
af
oresaidperi
odoffiveyears,

anext
ensionofti
menotex c
eedi
ngf ur
therfi
veyear
smaybegrant
edbytheCol
l
ector
onpay
mentofnon- ut
il
iz
ati
onchargeswhichwil
lbetwoperc
entofthemar
ketv
alue
ofs
uchlandperannum.

Ift
hetransfer
ee,i
ncl
udingsubsequenttr
ansfer
ee,
fai
lst
oputthelandtonon-
agri
cul
turalus
epermiss
iblei
nthedr af
torfi
nalDevel
opmentplanorRegi
onalpl
anor
TownPlanningSchemewithinaperiodoffi
veyear
s

orwher
enon-ut
il
iz
ati
onc
har
gesasaf
ores
aidhav
ebeenpai
d,wi
thi
nthet
otalper
iod
oft
enyear
s,t
hen

theColl
ect
ors hal
lresumes uchlandaftergi
vi
ngonemont h’
snoti
cetothes
aid
def
ault
ingtr
ans f
eree,andthelands oresumedbytheCol
lect
orshal
lves
tinthe
Gover
nmentf r
eef r
om allencumbr anc
es.

Ands
hal
lfi
rstbeof
fer
edt
otheor
igi
nall
andhol
derbywayofgr
antandwi
thpr
ice.

i
ftheori
ginall
andhol
derf
ailst
oacceptt
heoffertopur
chas
et hesai
dlandwit
hina
per
iodofninet
ydaysfr
om thedat
eofrecei
ptofsuchoff
erfr
om theColl
ect
or

orhavi
ngacceptedsuc
hoffer
,fai
lst
odepos
itwi
tht
heCol
lec
tort
her
equi
redamount
wi
thi
naf ur
therperi
odofni
netydays
,

suchlandshal
lbeauc
tionedforanyus
econsi
stentwi
thandpermi
ssi
bleundert
he
dr
aftorfi
nalDevel
opmentplanorRegi
onalpl
anorTownPlanni
ngScheme.

Thedefaul
tingt r
ansfer
ees hallonlybeenti
tl
edt ocompensat
ionequalt
othepriceat
whic
hs uchlandhadbeenpur c hasedbyhim andtheCol
lec
torshal
lremits
uch
compensationtot hedefaul
tingt r
ansfer
eewi t
hinaperi
odofninet
ydaysfrom t
he
dat
eofr eceiptofpaymentundert hesai
dauc ti
on

I
faper
sonwhoi
snotanagr
icul
tur
istf
ail
stout
il
iz
ethes
aidl
andf
ort
henon-
agr
icul
tur
alusepermis
sibl
eint
hedr
aftorf
inalDev
elopmentpl
anorRegi
onalpl
anor
TownPlanni
ngSc heme

andwantstos
ellt
hes
ames
ubs
equent
lybef
oret
heex
pir
yoft
het
otals
pec
ifi
ed
per
iodoft
enyears
,

hemay ,subj
ecttothepay mentofnon- ut
il
iz
ati
onc har
gesspecif
iedint hesec
ond
provi
so,bepermi
ttedbyt heCol l
ect
ortodos oforanynon-agri
cult
ur alus
e
permiss
ibl
einthedraftorfinalDevel
opmentplanorRegionalpl
anorTownPl anni
ng
Scheme,forther
emainingper iodoutofthespeci
fi
edperi
odoft eny ears.

Howev erthesal
e,gif
t,exchangeorleas
eofadwel li
nghouseorthes
itether
eofor
anylandappur
tenanttoitinfavourofanagr
icul
turall
abour
eroranart
isanora
pers
onc ar
ryi
ngonanyal l
iedpursuiti
snotpr
ohibit
ed.

2.
Trans
fert
ononagr
icul
tur
istf
orbonaf
idei
ndus
tri
alus
e.(
Sec
tion63-
1A)

Accordingtosect
ion63-
1Apersonispermittedt
os el
lland,wit
houtpermiss
ionof
theCollect
or,t
oanypersonwhoisori
snotanagricult
uristandwhointendsto
convertthesametoabonafidei
ndust
rialus
e

orf
orI
ntegr
atedTowns
hipPr
ojec
ts,ast
hec
asemaybe

wher
esuc
hlandi
sloc
atedwi
thi
n,––

(i
)theagric
ulturalzoneofadraf torfinalRegionalPlanordraf torfi
nalTownPl anni
ng
Scheme,ast hec as
emaybe,pr eparedundert heMahar as
htraRegionalandTown
PlanningAct,1966oranyot herl awforthet i
mebei ngi nforce,andplansors c
hemes
andt hedevelopmentc ont
rolregulati
onsorr ulesframedunders uchAc toranyof
suchlawsfort hetimebeinginf orcepermitindustrialuseofland.

(
ii
)thear
eawher
enos
uchpl
anors
chemeasaf
ores
aidex
ist
sor

(i
ii
)theareatakenov
erbyapr
ivat
edev
eloperf
ordev
elopmentofanI
ntegr
ated
TownshipProject
.

wheresuchpur
chaseofl
andisforbonaf
idei
ndus
tri
aluse,i
tshal
lbesubj
ecttot
he
condi
ti
onthatsuc
hlandshal
lbeputtobanafi
dei
ndustr
ialusewi
thi
naper i
odoffi
ve
year
sfrom t
hedateofpur
chase.

Aft
ertheexpi
ryoftheaforesai
dper
iodoffiv
eyears,anex tensi
onofti
menot
ex
ceedingf
urtherf
iveyear
smaybegr ant
edbyt heCollectoronpaymentofnon-
ut
il
izat
ionc
hargesattherateoftwopercentofthemar ketv al
ueofs
uchlandper
annum.

I
ftheori
ginallandhol
derf
ail
stoac
cepttheoffert
opurchaset
hes ai
dlandwithi
na
per
iodofninetydaysfr
om t
hedateofrec
eiptofsuchof
ferfr
om theColl
ector

orhav i
ngac cept
edsuc
hoffer
,fai
lstodeposi
twitht
heCol l
ectortherequir
edamount
withi
naf ur
therperi
odofni
netydays,s
uchlandshal
lbeauctionedforanyus e
consis
tentwithandpermi
ssi
bleundertheDevel
opmentplanorRegi onalpl
anorTown
Planni
ngSc heme.

Andinbot ht hecas
es,thedefault
ingpur
chasers
hallonl
ybeent it
ledt
oc ompensat
ion
equaltothepr i
ceatwhichsuchlandhadbeenpurchasedbyhi m,andtheColl
ect
or
shal
lremits uchcompensati
ont othedef
ault
ingpur
c haserwit
hinaperi
odofninety
daysfrom thedateofrecei
ptofpay mentundert
hes ai
dauc t
ion.

Thepurc
has
erwhofai
lstoputthel
andt
obona-
fidei
ndus
tri
alus
ewi
thi
nfi
vey
ear
s
f
rom t
hedat
eofthepurc
hase,andi
s

onthedat
eofcomingint
oforc
eoft
heMahar
asht
raTenanc
yandAgr
icul
tur
alLands
Laws(
Amendment)Act
,2004

hol
dings
uchl
andwi
thouthav
ingbeenputt
othebona-
fidei
ndus
tri
alus
e,

shal
lbeper
mittedtoputsuchlandtot
hebona-f
idei
ndust
rialus
ewithinthe
r
emaini
ngperi
odf r
om thetot
alperi
odoff
ift
eenyear
s,s
ubjecttothecondit
iont
hat
,

(a)I
nt helandpurchasedunders ub-sect
ion(1)washel dbythesell
erastheOccupant
Class-
II,s
uc hpurchaserlandholders
hallpayanaddi t
ionalamountequalto48per
cent.ofthepriceforwhic hitwasori
ginall
ypurchasedandt hr
eetimesofanannual
assessmentofnon- agric
ulturalt
axpayableundertheMahar asht
raLandRevenueCode,
1966asanon- uti
li
sati
ont axperyear

(b)i
fthel andpur
chasedundersub-section(1)washeldbythesel
lerastheOccupant
Clas
s-I,suchpurc
haserlandhol
dershal lpayanamountequaltothreeti
mesofan
annual
- asses
smentofthenon-agri
culturaltaxpayabl
eundertheMaharasht
raLand
RevenueCode,1966asanon- uti
li
sationt axperyear.

wherethel
andbeingsol
disownedbyaper
sonbel
ongi
ngt
otheSc
hedul
edTr
ibe,
suc
hs al
eoflands
hallbesubj
ectt
o

t
hepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ect
ions36and36Aoft
heMahar
asht
raLandRev
enueCode,1966

andoft
heMahar
asht
raRes
tor
ati
onofLandst
oSc
hedul
edTr
ibesAc
t,1974.
If,thel
andbei
ngpurchasedundersub-
sec
tion(1)i
sheldbyOccupant-Clas
sII
,the
purchas
ershal
lpayt
ot heCol
lect
or,anamountequalt
ot wopercent.oft
hepurchase
pric
e,

And incaset
hepurchaseoflandisforbona-fi
deindustri
aluseandfi
ftypercent.
of
thepur
chasei
fthepurchas
eofl andisforf
orIntegratedTowns hi
pProj
ectwithi
none
monthoftheexec
uti
onoft hes al
e-deedi
rres
pec t
iveofthetenureofsuchland.

Thispayments hallbeinl
ieuofanynazaranaorsuc
hotherchargeswhi
chmay
otherwisebepay ablebysuchOccupant-
ClassI
Ibyorunderthepro-vi
si
onsoft
he
Mahar as
htraLandRev enueCode,1966

.I
naddition,t
hepurc
haserofs
uchlandshallpayt
henon-
agr
icul
tur
alas
sessmentas
maybel evi
edbytheCol
lect
orundersec
tions67and115oft
heMaharasht
raLand
RevenueCode,1966.

Ifsuc hpur c
has erfail
stodeposi
tsuchamountwi
thi
nonemont h,thens uc
hpurc
haser
shallpayt otheGov er
nmentanamountequaltos
eventy-fi
veperc ent.ofthe
purchas epriceorthemar ketval
ueofthel
andaspertheAnnualStatementofRatesof
thaty ear,whicheverishi
gher.

Thepersonpurchasingthelandundersub-
sect
ion(1)forconv
ers
iont
her
eoff
ora
bonaf
ideindus
trialuse,orf
orIntegr
atedTownshi
pPr ojec
t,

gi
vesinti
mationofthedate,onwhicht
hechangeofus
eroft
hel
andc
ommenc
ed,
wi
thi
nt hi
rtydaysf
rom suc
hdat e,t
othecol
lec
tor
.

Ift
heper sonfail
st oinf
ormtheCol
lect
orwit
hintheperi
ods pecif
iedinsub-sec
tion(3)
,
hes hal
lbeli
ablet opayinaddi
ti
ontothenon-agr
icul
tur
alassessmentwhichmaybe
l
eviablebyorundert heprovi
si
onsoftheMaharas
ht r
aLandRev enueCode,1966s uc
h
penaltynotexceedingtwentyti
mestheamountofnon-agri
cult
ur alas
sessmentasthe
Coll
ec t
ormaydi rect.

Ifthepersonperchasi
ngt helandundersub-sec
tion(1)forconversi
onther eoffora
bonaf i
deindust
rialuse,f
ail
st out
il
iz
ethes ai
dlandf orbonafideindust
rialuse,ful
lyor
partl
y,andwantst osellt
hes amebeforetheexpiryofthetotalspeci
fi
edper iodoften
years,hemay

s
ubj
ectt
othepay
mentofnon-
uti
li
zat
ionc
har
gess
pec
ifi
edi
nthes
econdpr
ovi
sot
o
s
ub-
sect
ion(
1)

beper
mit
tedbyt
heCol
lec
tort
odos
ofort
her
emai
ningper
iodoutoft
hes
pec
ifi
ed
peri
odofteny
ear
sfr
om t
hedat
eofor
igi
nalpur
chas
e,s
ubj
ectt
othef
oll
owi
ng
condit
ions
-

(
i)wher
ethes
aidl
andi
stobes
oldf
orbonaf
idei
ndus
tri
alus
e

thetrans
ferorshal
lhav
etodepos
itwit
htheCol
lec
torthetr
ansf
erc
hargesatt
herate
oftwenty-f
ivepercent
.oft
hemarketval
ueofs
uchlandaspert
hecur
rentAnnual
Stat
ementofRat es;

(i
i)wherethes ai
dl andistobesoldf oranynon-agri
c ul
turalpurposeotherthant he
bonaf i
deindus t
rialuse,whic
hisc onsist
entwit
ht hedraftorf i
nalDevelopmentpl an
orRegionalplanorTownPl anni
ngSc heme,i
fany,madeundert heMahar asht
r a
RegionalandTownPl anningAct,1966oranyot herlawf orthetimebeinginf orce

thetrans
f er
ors hal
lhav
et odepos
itwit
htheCol
lec
torconver
sionchar
gesequalt
o
fi
ftypercent.ofthemarketval
ueofsuchl
andasperthecurr
entAnnualSt
atementof
Rates

andincaseofOccupantCl
ass
-IIland,anaddi
tionalamountequaltof
ort
y-ei
ghtper
cent
.ofthepri
ceatwhichsuchlandwasor i
ginall
ypurchas
ed,inli
euoft
henazarana.

3.
Reas
onabl
ePr
iceofl
andf
ort
hepur
pos
eofs
aleandpur
chas
e(s
ect
ion63-
A)

Acc
ordi
ngtosect
ion63A t
hepri
ceofanyl
andsoldorpur
chas
edundert
hepr
ovi
si
ons
oft
hisActs
hal
lconsi
stoft
hefol
lowi
ngamount
s ,

(a)anamountnotbei
ngles
sthan20ti
mestheass
essmentlev
iedorl
evi
abl
einr
espec
t
ofthelandandnotbei
ngmorethan200t
imessuchass
essmentexcl
udi
ng,

theamountofwaterrat
e,ifany
,lev
iedunders
ect
ion55oft
heBombayLandRev
enue
Code,1879andi
ncludedinsuchasses
sment

(
b)theval
ueofanyst
ruc
tures,wel
lsandembankment
s,c
ons
truc
ted,per
manent
f
ixt
uresmadeandtr
eesplant
edont heland.

Whereundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
tanyl
andi
ssol
dorpur
chas
edbymut
ual
agr
eement,

suc
hagreementshal
lberegi
ster
edbeforetheMaml
atdar
,andt
hepr
iceoft
hel
and
s
hall
,bemutual
lyagr
eeduponbyt hepar
ties
.
I
nthec
aseofdi
sagr
eementbet
weent
hepar
ties
,

t
hepri
ceshallbedet
ermi
nedbyt
heTr
ibunalhav
ingr
egar
dtot
hef
act
orsment
ioned
i
nthi
ssec
tion.

Wher
eint
hec
aseofas
aleorpur
chas
eofanyl
andundert
hisAc
t,

t
heTr
ibunalort
heMaml
atdarhast
ofi
xthepr
iceofs
uchl
andundert
his
Act
,

t
heTribunalortheMamlat
dars
hal
l,s
ubjecttot
hequantum s
pec
ifi
edi
nsub-s
ect
ion
(
1),f
ixthepric
ehavingr
egardt
othefol
lowingfac
tor
s,

(
a)t
her
ent
alv
aluesofl
andsus
edf
ors
imi
larpur
pos
esi
nthel
ocal
it
y;

(b)thes t
ruc
turesandwel
lscons
truc
tedandpermanentf
ixt
uresmadeandt
rees
planted,onthelandbyt
helandl
ordortenant
;

(
c)t
hepr
ofi
tsofagr
icul
tur
eofs
imi
larl
andsi
nthel
ocal
it
y;

(
d)t
hepr
icesofc
ropsandc
ommodi
ti
esi
nthel
ocal
it
y;

(
e)t
hei
mpr
ovement
smadei
nthel
andbyt
hel
andl
ordort
het
enant
;

(
f)t
heas
ses
smentpay
abl
einr
espec
toft
hel
and;and

(
g)s
uchot
herf
act
orsasmaybepr
esc
ribed]
.

4.
Sal
eofagr
icul
tur
all
andt
opar
tic
ularper
son(
sec
tion64)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion64

Wher ealandl
ordintendstos el
lanyl and,hes hallapplytot heTribunalfor
determini
ngt hereasonablepricethereof.TheTr i
bunals hallther
eupondet erminethe
reasonabl
epr i
ceoft helandinac c
ordanc ewi t
ht hepr ovi
sionsofs ec t
ion63A.The
Tribunals
hallal
sodi r
ectthatthepr i
ces hallbepay ableeit
heri nlumps um orinannual
i
ns tal
ment snotexceedi
ngs i
xc arr
y i
ngs i
mpl einterestat41/ 2perc ent.perannum :

Howeverinthecaseofsal
eofthelandi
nfavourofapermanenttenantwhenhei
sin
pos
ses
sionther
eof,thepri
ces
hallbeats
ixti
mest heannualr
ent.

Aft
ertheTri
bunalhasdeter
mi nedt
hereas
onabl
epri
ce,thel
andl
ords
hal
l
s
imult
aneous
lyinthepres
c r
ibedmannermakeanof
fer––

(
a)i
nthec
aseofagr
icul
tur
all
and,
––
(
i)t
ot het
enantinac
tualpos
ses
siont
her
eof
,not
wit
hst
andi
ngt
hef
actt
hats
uchl
and
i
safragment;and

(
ii
)toal
lper
sonsandbodi
esment
ionedi
nthepr
ior
ityl
is
t;

I
nthecas
eofadwel l
inghouse,orasiteofadwel l
inghouseorl
andappurt
enantto
s
uchhousewhensuchdwelli
nghous e,si
teorlandi snotus
edorisnotnec
essar
yto
c
arr
yonagri
cult
uraloper
ati
onsi nt
headj oi
ninglands––

(
i)t
othet
enantt
her
eof
;

(
ii
)tot
heper
sonr
esi
dingi
nthev
il
lagewhoi
snoti
npos
ses
sionofanydwel
li
nghous
e:

Ift
herear emor
ethanonesuchpersontheof
fershallbemadetosuc
hpersonor
personsandinsuc
horderofpri
ori
tyastheCol
lectormaydeter
mineint
hisbehal
f
havi
ngr egar
dtotheneedsoft
hefollowi
ngpersons,namel
y:––

(
i)anagr
icul
tur
all
abour
er,

(
ii
)aar
tis
an,

(
ii
i)aper
sonc
arr
yingonanal
li
edpur
sui
t,

(
iv)anyot
herper
soni
nthev
il
lage.

Theper
sonstowhom s uchof
fersaremadeshal
lint
imatetothelandl
ordwi
thi
none
monthfrom t
hedat eofr
ecei
ptoftheoff
erwhethertheyarewil
li
ngtopurc
haset
he
l
andatthepricef
ixedbytheTri
bunal.

Ifonlyonepersoni
nti
matestothelandlordunders
ub-secti
on(3)hiswi
ll
ingnes
sto
accepttheof
fermadetohim bythelandlor
dundersub-
s ec
tion(2)
,

thel
andlordshal
lcallupons uchpers
onbyanot icei
nwr i
ti
nginthepr escr
ibedformto
payhim amountofther easonabl
epricedeter
minedbytheTribunalortodepos i
tthe
samewiththeTribunalwithinonemont horsuchfurt
herperi
odast helandlor
dmay
consi
derreas
onablef r
om thedat eofrec
eiptofthenoti
cebys uc
hper son.

Ifmorethanonepers
oninti
matetothel
andl
ordundersub-
sec
tion(
3)their
wil
li
ngnesst
oaccepttheof
fersmadetot
hem bythel
andlor
dundersub-secti
on(
2),

thelandl
ordshallcalluponbyanot i
ceinwrit
inginthepres cri
bedformt heperson
havingthehi
ghes tpr i
ori
tyintheorderofpr
iori
tygi
v enins ub-secti
on(2)topayhim
theamountoft her easonabl
epricedeter
minedbytheTr ibunalortodepos i
tthesame
withtheTri
bunalwi thinonemont horsuchfurt
herperiodast helandlor
dmay
c
ons
iderr
eas
onabl
efr
om t
hedat
eofr
ecei
ptoft
henot
icebys
uchper
son.

Ifthepers
ont owhom anoti
ceisgi
venbythelandlordunders
ub-
sect
ion(4)f
ail
sto
paytheamountofthereas
onablepr
icet
ot helandlor
dortodepos
itt
hes amewitht
he
Tri
bunalwit
hintheper
iodref
err
edtoinsub-secti
on(4)

suchper sonshallbedeemedt obenotwil

li
ngtopurchasethelandandthelandl
ord
shallc
alluponint hemannerpr ov
idedi
nsub-s
ecti
on( 4)thepersonwhostandsnext
highestintheor derofpr
ior
ityandwhohasinti
matedhi swil
li
ngnesst
othelandlor
d
unders ub-sec
tion(3).

I
fanydi
sput
ear
isesundert
hiss
ect
ionr
egar
ding––

(
a)t
heof
fermadebyt
hel
andl
ordunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2),or

(
b)t
henot
icegi
venbyt
hel
andl
ordunders
ub-
sec
tions(
4)or(
5),or

(
c)t
hepay
mentordepos
itoft
her
eas
onabl
epr
ice,or

(
d)t
heex
ecut
ionoft
hes
ale-
deed,s
uchdi
sput
eshal
lbedec
idedbyt
heTr
ibunal

.Anys
alemadei
ncont
rav
ent
ionoft
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lbei
nval
id.

Ifatenantref
usesorfai
lstopurchas
ethel
andoradwell
inghouseof
fer
edtohim
underthi
ssecti
on,andthelandorthedwel
li
nghous
e,asthecasemaybe,i
ssol
dto
anyotherpers
onunderthissect
ion

,t
hel
andl
ords
hal
lbeent
itl
edt
oev
icts
ucht
enantandputt
hepur
chas
eri
npos
ses
sion.

5.As
sumpt
ionofmanagementl
andwhi
chr
emai
nedunc
ult
ivat
ed(
sec
tion65)

Accordingtosecti
on65St at
eGovernmentt hatforanytwoconsecut
ivey
ears
,any
l
andhasr emaineduncul
tivat
edorthefullandeffic
ientuseofthel
andhasnotbeen
madef orthepurposeofagri
cul
tur
e,throught hedefaul
tofthehol
deroranyother
causewhat s
oevernotbeyondhiscont
rol

t
heStateGovernmentmayaft
ermakings
uchi
nqui
ryasi
tthi
nksf
it,dec
lar
ethatt
he
managementofsuc
hlandshal
lbeas
sumed.

Thedec
lar
ati
ons
omades
hal
lbec
onc
lus
ive.

Ontheass
umpt i
onofthemanagement,s
uchlands
hal
lves
tint
heSt
ateGov
ernment
dur
ingt
hec ont
inuanc
eofthemanagement.

Ac
qui
si
ti
onofes
tat
eorl
andundermanagementori
nter
estt
her
ein.
TheManagermayi
nsui
tabl
ecas
esgi
ves
uchl
andonl
eas
eatr
entev
enequalt
othe
amountofi
tsas
ses
sment:

Howeveri
fthemanagementofthelandhasbeenas
sumedunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1)on
ac
countoft
hedefaul
tofthetenant
,

s
ucht
enants
hal
lceas
etohav
eanyr
ightorpr
ivi
lege.

6.
Aqui
si
ti
onofes
tat
eorl
andundermanagementori
nter
estt
her
ein.
(Sc
tion66)

I
fatanyti
meitappear
stotheSt
ateGov
ernmentthatanyest
ateorl
and,t
he
managementofwhi
chhasbeenass
umedundertheprovi
si
onsofthi
sAct

ort
heinter
estofanyotherper
soni
nsuc
hes
tat
eorl
ands
houl
d,i
nthepubl
ici
nter
est
,
becompuls
ori
lyacqui
red,

St
ateGover
nmentisper
mittedt
oaqui
rel
andbypubl
is
hinganot
ifi
cat
iont
othat
ef
fecti
ntheOf
fic
ialGaz
ett
e.

Thenoti
fic
ati
ons opubli
shedshal
lbeconc
lus
ivet
hatt
hees
tat
e,l
andori
nter
esti
s
neededt
obeac qui
redinpubli
cint
eres
t.

Onthepublicat
ionoft
henot i
fi
cati
on,t
heColl
ectors
hallc
ausepublic
ityt
obegivento
i
tatconveni
entplac
esinthelocal
it
yandal
sogivenoti
cestotheholderofthees
tat
e,
l
andorinter
estandtoallper
sonsknownorbel
ievedtobeint
erest
edt her
ein.

TheCol
lec
torshal
lthenmakeani
nqui
ryt
odet
ermi
net
hev
alueoft
hees
tat
e,l
andor
i
nter
estwhic
hhasbeenacquir
ed.

Fort
hes
aidpur
pos
etheCol
lec
tors
hal
lhav
ethes
amepower
sasar
eves
tedi
ncour
ts

I
ndet
ermi
ningt
hev
aluet
heCol
lec
tors
hal
ltakei
ntoc
ons
ider
ati
on––

(
a)t
heas
ses
smentpay
abl
einr
espec
toft
hees
tat
eorl
and;

(b)t
heprofi
tsofagri
cult
ureandc
ult
ivat
ionoft
hees
tat
eorl
andandofs
imi
lares
tat
es
andlandsi
nthelocal
it
y;

(
c)t
hepr
iceofc
ropsandc
ommodi
ti
esi
nthel
ocal
it
y;

(d)exempti
onfrom as
s es
smentandotherpr
ivi
legesenj
oyedbyt
hehol
derandot
her
personsi
nteres
tedinrespec
tofthel
and,est
ateandi nt
eres
t;

(
e)anyot
hermat
terwhi
chmaybepr
esc
ribed.
Aft
erdeter
mini
ngt hevalueoft
hees
tat
e,l
andori
nter
estt
heCol
lec
tors
hal
lmakean
awardwhic
hshallc
ontain––

(
a)t
hepar
tic
ular
soft
hees
tat
e,l
andori
nter
est
,

(
b)t
hec
ompens
ati
onwhi
chi
nhi
sopi
nions
houl
dbeal
lowedf
ort
hel
and,

(c
)theapport
ionmentoft
hec
ompens
ati
onamongal
lper
sonsknown,orbel
iev
edt
o
beint
eres
ted.

Suchawardshal
lbefi
ledintheCol
lector’
sof f
iceandshal
l,bef
inalandconc
lus
ive
evi
denc
easbetweentheCollect
orandper sonsinter
est
edwhethertheyhave
res
pect
ivel
yappear
edbeforetheColl
ectorornot

Andofallthepar
tic
ular
sinc
ludi
ngareaandv
alueoft
hees
tat
e,l
andori
nter
estand
theapport
ionmentofcompensat
ion.

WhentheCol
lectorhasmadeanaward,thees
tat
e,l
andori
nter
estt
her
eins
hal
lves
tin
Gov
ernmentf
r eefrom al
linc
umbr
anc
es .

I
nRaj
enbhaivBal
dev
bhaiShahAI
R2010433Guj
.

Cour
thel
dthatWi
llc
annotbemadei
ncont
rav
ent
ionofs
ect
ion63.

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---
---
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---

Modul
e06

Ter
minat
ionofTenanc
y

Maharashtr
aTenancyandAgr i
cult
uralLandsisenactmentsont hes ubj
ectoftenanc
y
ofagri
cult
urall
andsbetweenlandlordandtenants.
Itregul
atesrelat
ionbetween
l
andlordandtenant.
Actensur
esef fi
cientus
eoflandasc ult
ivat
ionofl andsuffer
ed
ser
iousl
ybec auseofnegl
ectoflandholderordi
sputesbetweenl andlor
dandt enant
.

Actlay
sdowni mportantprovi
si
onsrel
ati
ngtoterminati
onoftenancy.Tenancymay
beterminatedbyPart
iesthati
sbylandhol
derandtenant.Fol
lowingareway sby
whichtenancyist
erminat
ed-

1.ByLandlor
d:landl
ordc
ant
ermi
nat
etenanc
yforper
sonalc
ult
ivat
ionandnon-
agri
cult
uralpur
pose.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion31 l
andl
ord,

(notl
andl
ordwi
thi
nthemeani
ngofChapt
erI
II
-AA)mayaf
tergi
vi
ngnot
iceand
maki
nganappl
ic
ati
onf
orpos
ses
sionaspr
ovi
dedi
nsub-
sec
tion(
2),

t
ermi
natethetenancyofanyl
and(ex
ceptaper
manentt
enanc
y),i
fthel
andl
ordbona-
f
ider
equi
resthelandforanyoft
hefoll
owi
ngpurpos
es:
––

(
a)f
orc
ult
ivat
ingper
sonal
ly
,or

(
b)f
oranynon-
agr
icul
tur
alpur
pos
e.

Thenot
icer
equi
redt
obegi
venunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1)s
hal
lbe

i
nwr
iti
ng,

s
hal
lst
atet
hepur
pos
eforwhi
cht
hel
andl
ordr
equi
rest
hel
and

ands
hal
lbes
erv
edont
het
enantonorbef
oret
he31s
tdayofDec
ember1956.

Ac
opyofs
uchnot
ices
hal
l,att
hes
amet
ime,bes
entt
otheMaml
atdar

.Anappli
cat
ionforpos
ses
sionunders
ect
ion29s
hal
lbemadet
otheMaml
atdaronor
bef
orethe31stdayofMarch1957.

Wher ealandl
ordisami
nor
,orawidow,oraper
sonsubjec
ttomentalorphy
sical
dis
abili
tythensuc
hnoti
cemaybegivenandanappl
icat
ionforpos
sessi
onunder
secti
on29maybemade,

(
i)byt
hemi
norwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chheat
tai
nsmaj
ori
ty;

(
ii
)bythesuccesor-
in-t
itl
eofawidowwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhc
ihher
i
nter
esti
nt helandceasestoex
ist
;

(i
ii
)wi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chment
alorphy
sic
aldi
sabi
li
tyc
eas
est
oex
ist
;
and

wher eapers
onofs uc
hc ategoryisamemberofajointf
amily,t
heprovi
sionsofthi
s
sub-sect
ionshal
lnotapplyifatleastonememberofthejoi
ntfami
lyisoutsi
dethe
categori
esmenti
onedint hesub- s
ecti
on.

Condi
ti
onsoft
ermi
nat
ionoft
enanc
y(Sec
tion31A.
)

Theri
ghtofal
andl
ordtoterminat
eat enanc
yforcul
ti
v at
ingt
hel
andper
sonal
lyunder
s
ecti
on31shal
lbesubj
ecttothefol
lowingcondi
ti
ons:––

(
a)I
fthel
andl
ord,
att
hedat
eonwhi
cht
henot
icei
sgi
venandont
hedat
eonwhi
chi
tex
pir
es,

hasnoot
herl
andofhi
sown

orhasnotbeenc
ult
ivat
ingper
sonal
lyanyot
herl
and

,heshal
lbeent
itl
edt
otakepos
ses
sionoft
hel
andl
eas
edt
otheex
tentofac
eil
ing
area.

(b)I
fthelandcult
ivat
edbyhim per
sonal
lyi
sles
st hanacei
li
ngarea,t
hel andlor
ds hal
l
beentit
ledtotakepossess
ionofsomuchareaoft hel
andl
easedaswillbes uff
ici
ent
tomakeupt heareainhisposs
essi
ontotheextentofacei
li
ngarea.

(
c)Thei
ncomebythecul
tiv
ati
onofthelandofwhichhei
sent
itl
edt
otakepos
ses
sion
i
sthepr
inci
pals
our
ceofincomeforhi
smaintenanc
e.

(
d)Thelandleasedst
andsinther
ec or
dofr i
ghtsori
nanypubl
icr
ecor
dors
imi
lar
r
evenuerecordonthe1stdayofJanuary1952

andther
eaft
erduri
ngt
heperi
odbetweenthesai
ddateandt
heappoi
nteddayi
nthe
nameofthel
andlor
dhi
msel
f,orofanyofhi
sancest
ors

butnotofanyper
sonf
rom whom t
itl
eisder
ived,whet
herbyas
signmentorCour
t
s
aleorotherwi
se

,ori
fthel
andl
ordi
samemberofaj
ointf
ami
ly
,int
henameofamemberofs
uch
fami
ly.

(
e)I
fmor etenanci
esthanonearehel
dunderthesamelandl
ord,t
henthel
andl
ord
s
hal
lbec ompetenttoter
minat
eonlythetenanc
yortenanci
eswhichar
etheshor
tes
t
i
npointofdurati
on.

Appoi
nteddaymeans15j
une1955.

2.
Ter
minat
ionbydef
aul
tbyt
enantandbys
urr
ender(
sec
tion14,
15)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion14

Ahet
enanc
yofanyl
ands
hal
lbet
ermi
nat
ed–ont
hegr
ound–t
hat

(
a)t
het
enant
––

(
i)hasf
ail
edt
opayt
her
entf
oranyr
evenuey
ear
,bef
oret
he31s
tdayofMayt
her
eof
;

(
ii
)hasdoneanyac
twhi
chi
sdes
truc
tiv
eorper
manent
lyi
njur
ioust
othel
and;
(
ii
i)hass
ub-
div
ided,s
ub-
letoras
signedt
hel
andi
ncont
rav
ent
ionofs
ect
ion27;

(
iv)hasf
ail
edt
ocul
ti
vat
eitper
sonal
ly
;or

(
v)hasus
eds
uchl
andf
orapur
pos
eot
hert
hanagr
icul
tur
eoral
li
edpur
sui
ts;and

(b)t
helandl
ordhasgiv
ent
hreemont
hs’not
iceinwri
ti
nginf
ormi
ngthetenantofhi
s
deci
siontot
erminat
ethet
enanc
yandthegroundforsuc
htermi
nat
ion

,andwithi
nthatper
iodthetenanthasf
ail
edt
oremedyt
hebr
eac
hforwhi
cht
he
tenanc
yisli
abl
etobet er
minated.

Accor
dingt
os ecti
on15tenantmaytermi
natethetenanc
yinres
pectofanyl
andat
anyti
mebys urr
ender
inghisi
nter
estther
eini
nf av
ourofthel
andlor
ds.

Suchsurr
enders
hal
lbei
nwr
iti
ngandv
eri
fi
edbef
oret
heMaml
atdari
nthepr
esc
ribed
manner
.

Wher
eat enants
urr
ender
shi
stenanc
y,t
hel
andl
ords
hal
lbeent
itl
edt
oret
aint
hel
and
s
osurrender
ed

f
ort
hel
ikepur
pos
es,

andt
othel
ikeex
tent
.

TheMamlatdarshall
,inr
espec
tofthes urr
enderholdaninqui
ry.Anddeci
dewhet
her
thel
andl
ordisent i
tl
edundersub-sec
tion(2)t
oretai
nt hewhol
eoranyporti
onofthe
l
andsosurr
ender edandspeci
fytheextentandpar
ticul
arsi
nthatbehal
f.

Theland,oranyport
iont her
eof,whi
chthelandlor
disnotenti
tl
edtoret
ainundersub
-
sect
ion(2),shal
lbel
iabletobedisposedofinthemannerprovi
dedundercl
ause(c
)of
s
ub-secti
on(2)ofsecti
on32- P.

I
nRamac
handr
avGov
indJ
oti

AIR1975S.
C.Courthel
dthats
urr
endert
obev
ali
dmus
tbei
nwr
iti
ngandmus
tbe
ver
ifi
edbyMamlat
dar.

3.
Ter
minat
ionbyc
ert
ifi
cat
edl
andl
ord.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion33A

c
ert
ifi
cat
edlandl
ordmeansaper
sonwhohol
dsac
ert
ifi
cat
eis
suedt
ohi
m unders
ub-
s
ect
ion(4)ofsec
tion88C.
Butdoesnoti
ncl
udeal
andl
ordwi
thi
nthemeani
ngofChapt
erI
II
-AAhol
dingas
imi
lar
cer
tif
icat
e.

Exc
ludedtenantmeansatenantoflandtowhic
hs ec
tions32t
o32R(
bot
hinc
lus
ive)
donotapplybyvi
rtueofs
ub- s
ecti
on( 1)ofs
ect
ion88C.

Cer
tif
icat
edl
andl
ordmay
,af
tergi
vi
ngnot
ice

andmaki
nganappl
ic
ati
on

f
orpos
ses
sionaspr
ovi
dedi
nsub-
sec
tion(
3),

t
ermi
nat
ethetenancyofanexcl
udedt
enant
,ift
hel
andl
ordbona-
fider
equi
ress
uch
l
andf
orcul
ti
vati
ngitpers
onal
ly
.

Thenot
icemaybegi
ven

andanappl
ic
ati
onmade

byacert
ifi
catedlandl
ordunders ub-
sec
tion(3),not
wit
hst
andingt
hati
nrespectof
t
hesamet enancyanapplic
ationofthel
andlordmadeinaccor
dancewi
thsub-s
ecti
on
(
2)ofsec
tion31( i
)ispending

bef
oret
heMaml
atdar

ori
nappealbef
oret
heCol
lec
tor

,ori
nrev
isi
onbefor
et heMahar
ashtraRevenueTr
ibunal,onthedat
eofthe
commencementoftheBombayTenancyandAgri
cult
uralLands(Amendment
)Ac
t,1960
or

(
ii
)hasbeenr
ejec
tedbyanyaut
hor
itybef
oret
hec
ommenc
ementdat
e.

Thenot
icerequiredt
obegi
venunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1)s
hal
lbei
nwr
iti
ng,ands
hal
lbe
ser
vedonthet enant
––

(
a)bef
oret
hef
irs
tdayofJ
anuar
y1962,but

(
b)ifanappl
ic
ati
onundersecti
on88Cisundi
spos edofandpendi
ngont
hatdat
ethen
wit
hinthr
eemonthsofhi
sr ec
eivi
ngsuchcer
tif
icate,

andac
opyoft
henot
ices
hal
l,att
hes
amet
ime,
bes
entt
otheMaml
atdar

.Anappl
ic
ationforposses
sionofthel
andshall
bemadether
eaft
erundersecti
on29
totheMamlatdarbef
orethe1stdayofApr
il1962,i
nthec
asefal
li
ngunder(a)and
wi
thi
nthr
eemont
hsofhi
srec
eiv
ingt
hec
ert
ifi
cat
eint
hec
asef
all
ingunder(
b).

Wher
ethec
ert
ifi
cat
edl
andl
ordbel
ongst
oanyoft
hef
oll
owi
ngc
ategor
ies
,namel
y:––

(
a)ami
nor
,

(
b)awi
dow,

(
d)aper
sons
ubj
ectt
oanyphy
sic
alorment
aldi
sabi
li
ty,

t
hen,i
fhehasnotgi
vennot
iceandnotmadeanappl
icat
ionasrequi
redbys
ub-
s
ecti
ons(
1)and(3)
,suc
hnoti
cemaybegivenandsuc
happl i
cat
ionmade––

(
A)byt
hel
andl
ordwi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eonwhi
chhe,at
tai
nsmaj
ori
ty;

(i
ii
)int
hec as
eofc
ategor
y(d)
,ceas
est
obes
ubj
ectt
osuc
hphy
sic
alorment
al
dis
abil
it
y;and

(
B)i
nthecas
eofawi dow,byt
hesuccessor
-in-
tit
lewi
thi
noney
earf
rom t
hedat
eon
whi
chwi
dow’si
nter
es ti
nthel
andceases
.

whereaper s onbel ongingt oanyc at

egoryi samemberofaj oi
ntfamily,t
hepr ovis
ions
ofthi
ss ub-secti
ons hallnotapplyifanyonememberoft hejoi
ntfamilydoesnot
bel
ongt oanyoft hec ategoriesment i
onedi nthiss ub-secti
on,unlesstheshar eof
suchpersoni nthej ointfamilyhasbeens eparatedbymet esandboundsbef orethe
31stdayofMar ch1958andt heMaml atdaroni nqui r
yiss at
isfi
edthatthes hareof
suchpersoni nthel andiss eparated(havi
ngr egardt othear ea,as
s ess
-ment ,
cl
assi
fic
ationandv alueoft heland)inthes amepr oportionasthes hareofthatperson
i
ntheent ir
ej oi
ntf ami l
ypr operty
,andnoti nal argerpropor ti
on.

Theri
ghtofac
ertif
icat
edlandl
ordtoter
minat
eat
enanc
yundert
hiss
ect
ions
hal
lbe
subj
ectt
othefol
lowingcondit
ions
––

(a)I
fanylandisl eftov
erfrom at enancyinrespectofwhichotherlandhasalready
beenresumedbyt helandlordorhispredecessor-i
n-ti
tl
e,onthegroundt hatother
l
andwasr equiredf orcul
ti
v at
ingitpersonal
lyundersecti
on31( orunderanyear l
ier
l
awr el
ati
ngtot enanci
estheni nforce)
,thetenancyinrespectofanylands ol
eftov er
shal
lnotbeliablet obeterminatedunders ub-sec
tion(1)
.

(
b)Thelandlor
dshallbeentit
ledtoterminateatenancyandt akepossess
ionofthe
l
andleasedbuttotheextentonlyofsomuc ht
hereofaswoul dresul
tinboththe
l
andl
ordandt hetenantholdi
ngthereaft
erinthetotalanequalareaforpersonal
c
ulti
vati
onthearearesumedort hearealeftwi
ththet enantbeingafragment.
(c)Thelandl easeds
t andsintheRecordofRight
s(orinanypublicrecordorsi
milar
revenuer ec
or d)onthe1s tdayofJanuar
y1952andt her
eafterunti
lthe
commenc ementdatei nthenameoft helandl
ordhimsel
f,ofanyofhi sances
tors(but
notofanyper sonfr
om whom t it
leisder
ivedbyassi
gnmentorCour ts al
eor
otherwise),

ori
fthel
andl
ordi
samemberofaj
ointf
ami
ly
,int
henameofamemberofs
uchf
ami
ly
.

If,i
nc onsequenceoftheterminat
ionofthetenancyunderthissecti
on,anypartof
thelandleasedisl
eftwithInthetenant
,therentshal
lbeappor t
ionedinthe
prescri
bedmanneri nproport
iontotheareaofthelandsoleftwiththetenant.

I
nDi
narMar
utivNi
vrut
tiGangar
am.2008(
3)Mh.
L.J
.

Courthel
dt hatt
enantc
anoppos eappli
cat
ionmadef
orpos
ses
sionofl
andont
he
groundthatther
eisnobona-
fiderequi
rement.

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-

Rel
iefAgai
nstTer
minat
ionoft
enanc
y.(
Sec
tion24,25)
.

Rel
iefagai
nstt
ermi
nat
ionoft
enanc
yisav
ail
abl
einf
oll
owi
ngt
woc
ase-

1.Whentenanc
yister
minatedonthegr
oundt hatt
enanthasdoneanyac
twhi
chi
s
dest
ruc
tiv
eorpermanentl
yinj
uri
oustot
heland.(
sec
tion24)

2.Wheretenanc
yist
ermi
nat
edont
hegr
oundofnonpay
mentofr
entbyt
enant
.
(Sec
tion25)

I
nfor
merc
asenopr
oceedi
ngf
orej
ect
mentagai
nsts
ucht
enants
hal
lli
e

unl
essandunt
il

thelandl
ordhasserv
ed,onthetenant.
anot
icei
nwr
iti
ngs
pec
ify
ingt
heac
tof
des
tructi
onorinj
urycompl
ainedof

andt
het
enantf
ail
swi
thi
naper
iodofoney
earf
rom t
hes
erv
iceofnot
ice

t
ores
tor
ethel
andt
othec
ondi
ti
oni
nwhi
chi
twasbef
ores
uchdes
truc
tionori
njur
y.

Inl
arrercaseMaml atdarshallc
alluponthetenantt
ot endertothelandlordtherenti
n
arr
earstogetherwiththec ostoftheproceedi
ng,wit
hint hreemonthsf r
om thedate
oforder,andifthetenantc ompli
eswithsuchorder
,theMaml at
dars hal
l,i
nli
euof
makinganor derforeject
ment ,passanorderdir
ect
ingt hatthetenancyhadnotbeen
ter
minated,andther
eupont
het
enants
hal
lhol
dthel
andasi
fthet
enanc
yhadnot
beenter
mi nated.

I
ftheMaml
atdari
ssat
isf
iedt
hat

inconsequenceoft
otalorparti
alf
ail
ureofc
ropsors
imi
larc
alami
ty,
thet
enanthas
beenunabletopayt
her entdue,

t
heMaml
atdarmay

,di
rec
tthatt
hear
rearsofrentt
oget
herwit
hcost
soft
hepr
oceedi
ngi
fawar
ded,
shal
l
bepai
dwithi
noneyearfr
om thedat
eoftheor
der

andt
hat

ifbef
oretheexpiryoft
hes ai
dperi
odthet
enantfail
st opayt
hesai
darrear
sofrent
andcost
s,thetenancyshal
lbedeemedtobeter
mi natedandthet
enantshal
lbeli
abl
e
tobeevi
cted.

Smt
.Tar
abaivTri
mbakChi
ndhu.1965Mh.
L.Ji
sont
hepoi
ntt
hatnot
iceunders
ect
ion
24i
smandator
y.

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-

Ter
minat
ionofTenanc
ybyoper
ati
onofl
aw/
Til
ler
'sDay
.(Sec
tions32)

I
ntr
oduc
tion

Sec
tion32c
onferss
tat
utoryri
ghttot
enantt
opurchasel
andaf
tert
imes
etf
or
l
andlor
dtofi
lehi
scl
aimisexpi
redon31March1957.

Tenant,whoishol
dingl
andonleaseifnotc
lai
medbylandl
ord,i
sdeemedt
ohav
e
purchas
edlandon1Apr i
l1957,
thedaydesi
gnedasTi
ll
er'
sDay.

Accordingt osec
tion32everyt
enants
hall
,bedeemedtohavepurc
has
edfr
om hi
s
l
andlord,freeofallenc
umbranc
essubsi
sti
ngoni
tont hes
aidday,t
hel
andhel
dby
hi
m ast enant,

i
f––

(
a)s
ucht
enanti
saper
manentt
enantt
her
eofandc
ult
ivat
esl
andper
sonal
ly
;

(b)s
ucht
enanti
snotaper
manentt
enantbutc
ult
ivat
est
hel
andl
eas
edper
sonal
ly
;
and
(
i)t
hel
andl
ordhasnotgi
vennot
iceoft
ermi
nat
ionofhi
stenanc
yunders
ect
ion31;or

(i
i)noti
cehasbeengivenundersec
tion31,butt
helandl
ordhasnotappl
iedt
ot he
Maml at
daronorbeforethe31stdayofMarch1957undersect
ion29forobt
aining
possessi
onoftheland;or

(i
ii
)thelandl
ordhasnottermi
natedhist
enancyonanyofthegroundsspeci
fi
edin
secti
on14,orhassot er
minat
edt het
enancybuthasnotappl
iedtotheMamlatdaron
orbeforethe31stdayofMarch1957undersect
ion29forobtai
ningposs
essi
onoft he
l
ands .

Howeverifanappli
cat
ionmadebythelandl
ordundersec
tion29f
orobt
aini
ng
pos
ses
sionofthelandhasbeenr
ejec
tedbytheMaml at
dar

orbyt
heCol
lec
tori
nappeal

ori
nrev
isi
onbyt
heMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunalundert
he

pr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
t

,t
hetenantshal
lbedeemedtohav
epur
chas
edt
hel
andont
hedat
eonwhi
cht
hef
inal
or
derofrej
ecti
onispass
ed.

Thetenantofal
andl
ordwhoisenti
tl
edtothebenefi
toftheprov
isotosub-s
ect i
on(3)
ofsecti
on31shal
lbedeemedtohavepurc
has edt
helandonthe1stdayofApril1958,
i
fnos epar
ati
onofhi
ssharehasbeenef
fectedbef
orethedat
ement i
onedinthat
provi
so.

Wher
eat
enant
,

onaccountofhi
sev
ict
ionf
rom t
hel
andbyt
hel
andl
ord,bef
oret
he1s
tdayofApr
il
1957,

i
snoti
npos sessi
onoft helandonthesai
ddatebuthasmadeormakesanappli
cat
ion
f
orposses
sionoft hel
andunders ub-
sect
ion(
1)ofsect
ion29wit
hintheper
iod
s
peci
fi
edint hatsub-s
ec t
ion,t
hen

i
ftheappl
ic
ati
oni
sal
lowedbyt
heMaml
atdar

ori
nappealbyt
heCol
lec
torori
nrev
isi
onbyt
heMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal

heshal
lbedeemedtohavepur
chas
edt
hel
andont
hedat
eonwhi
cht
hef
inalor
der
al
lowi
ngtheappl
ic
ati
onispass
ed.
Wher
esuc
htenanthasnotmadeanappli
cat
ionf
orpos
ses
sionwi
thi
ntheper
iod
s
peci
fi
edi
nsub-sec
tion(
1)ofsec
tion29

ortheappli
cati
onmadebyhimi sfi
nal
lyr
ejec
tedundert
hisAct
,andt
hel
andi
shel
d
byanyotherpersonast
enantontheexpi
ryofthesai
dperi
od

oronthedateofthefi
nalrejec
t i
onoftheappli
cat
ion,s
uchotherper
sonshal
lbe
deemedtohavepurc
hasedt helandonthedateoftheexpi
ryofthesai
dperi
odoron
thedat
eofthefi
nalrej
ect
ionoft heappli
cat
ion.

Wher eat enantwhowasi npos sess

ionont heappoi nteddayandwhoonac countof
hisbeingdisposses
s edbeforethe1s tdayofApril1957otherwisethani
nthemanner
andbyanor deroftheTahs i
ldarasprovidedi
ns ection29,isnotinposs
essi
onofthe
l
andont hes ai
ddate

andthelandisinthepos
ses
sionoft
hel
andl
ordorhi
ssuc
ces
sor
-in-
int
eres
tont
he
31stdayofJuly1969

andt
hel
andi
snotputt
oanon-
agr
icul
tur
alus
eonorbef
oret
hel
astment
ioneddat
e,

then,t
heTahsildarshall
,eit
hersuomot uorontheappli
cat
ionofthetenant,holdan
i
nquiryanddi
rec tthatsuchlandshal
lbetakenf
rom theposses
sionofthelandlordor
,,
hissucc
essor
-in-interest
,

ands hal
lber
est
oredtot
het enant;andthereafter,thepr
ovi
si
onsofthi
ssect
ionand
sect
ions32Ato32Rshal
lapply.Andt hetenants hal
lbedeemedtohavepur
chased
thelandonthedat
eonwhicht helandisrestoredt ohim.

Howev
ert
het
enants
hal
lbeent
itl
edt
ores
tor
ati
onoft
hel
andundert
hiss
ub-
sec
tion
onl
y

i
fheunder
takest
ocul
ti
vat
ethel
andper
sonal
ly

andlandtogetherwi
tht
heot
herl
andhel
dbyhi
m asownerort
enants
hal
lnotex
ceed
thec
eili
ngarea.

Wher ebycustom,usageoragreementororderofaCourt
,anywarkasl
andbelongi
ng
t
ot helandl
ordisusedbythetenantfort
hepurposeofrabmanureinconnec
tionwit
h
r
iceculti
vat
ioninthelandhel
dbyhim astenant,
––

(
a)t
hewhol
eofs
uchwar
kasl
and,or

(
b)s
uchpar
tther
eof
ast
heTr
ibunalmaydet
ermine,
incas
eswheres
uchwar
kasl
andi
sjoi
ntl
yus
edby
mor
eper
sonsthanonefort
hepurposeofr
abmanur
e,

s
hal
lbei
ncludedint
hel
andt
obedeemedt
ohav
ebeenpur
chas
edbyt
het
enantunder
s
ub-
sect
ion(1).

TheTri
bunalmaydeter
minet
hats
uchwar
kasl
ands
hal
lbej
oint
lyhel
dbyper
sons
ent
itl
edtousethesame,

ifi
nt heopi
nionoftheTri
bunal
,thepar
tit
ionofsuchwarkasl
andbymetesand
boundsisnei
therpr
acti
cabl
enorexpedi
entintheint
eres
tofsuchper
sons.

Inr
espec
toft
hel
anddeemedt
ohav
ebeenpur
chas
edbyat
enantunders
ub-
sec
tion
(
1)

a)thetenant
-purc
hasers
hallbeli
abl
et opaytothefor
merlandlor
dc ompensat
ionf
or
theuseandoc c
upati
onoftheland,asum equalt
otherentofsuchlandever
yyear

and

(b)t
hef ormerlandlor
ds hallconti
nuet obeliabl
etopaytotheStateGovernmentt
he
dues,referr
edt oincl
aus es(a),(
b),(c)and(d)ofsub-s
ecti
on(1)ofsect
ion10A,
wherethetenant-purchaserisnotliabletopaysuchduesundersub-s
ecti
on(3)oft
hat
sect
ion,

unt
iltheamountofthepur
chasepri
cepay
abl
ebyt
enantpur
chas
ert
othef
ormer
l
andlordi
sdeter
minedundersect
ion32H.

Whereanyl andheldbyat enanti

swhollyorpar
tial
ly
,ex
emptf rom thepay
mentof
l
andr ev
enueandi sdeemedt ohavebeenpurchasedbyhim undersub-sect
ion(
1)or
undersect
ion32F,s ec
tion32Oors ec
tion33Cthen–

(
a)thetenant-
purchasers
hal
linr
espec
tofs
uchl
and,bel
iabl
etopayt
hef
ulll
and
r
evenuelevi
able,and

(
b)t
heSt
ateGov
ernments
hal
l,

witheffec
tfrom thedat
eonwhic
hthet
enanti
sdeemedtohavepurchas
edtheland,
butsolongonlyasthetenur
eonwhi
cht
helandwashel
dbythelandl
ordcont
inues
andisnotaboli
shed,

payannual
lyt
othef
ormerl
andl
ord,

(
i)wher
esuc
hlandi
swhol
lyex
emptf
rom t
hepay
mentofl
andr
evenue,
ac
ashal
l
owanc
eofanamountequalt
othef
ulll
andr
evenuel
evi
abl
eons
uchl
andand

(
ii
)inot
herc
ases
,

anamountequaltothedif
ferencebetweent
hefulll
andrev
enuel
evi
ableons
uchl
and
andthel
andrevenuepayablethereoni
mmediat
elybefor
ethesai
ddate.

Accordi
ngtosec
tion32At
enants
hal
lbedeemedt
ohav
epur
chas
edl
andunder
sec
tion32––

(
1)i
nt hecas
eofatenantwhodoesnothol
danyl
andasownerbuthol
dsl
andas
t
enantinexces
soft
hec ei
li
ngar
ea,

upt
othec
eil
ingar
ea;

(
2)i
nthec
aseofat
enantwhohol
dsl
andasownerbel
owt
hec
eil
ingar
ea,

s
uchpar
toft
hel
andonl
yaswi
llr
ais
ehi
shol
dingt
otheex
tentoft
hec
eil
ingar
ea.

Accordi
ngtosecti
on32B Ifatenantholdsl
andpartl
yasownerandpar tl
yast enant
buttheareaoft
helandhel
dasowneri sequaltoorexceedsthecei
li
ngarea,hes hal
l
notbedeemedtohav epur
chas
edt helandheldbyhim asatenantundersect
ion32.

Accordingtosecti
on32C I fat enanthol
dslandsepar
atel
yfrom morethanone
l
andlord,thet
enants hall
,subjecttotherul
esmadebyt heStateGover
nmenti nthi
s
behal
f,beenti
t l
edtoc hoosethear eaandtheloc
ationofthelandtobepurchased
fr
om eac hofsuchlandlords.

I
nAmbadasvMur
li
dharDi
gambar
.AI
R2005S.
C.3048

Supr
emeCour
thel
dthatt
enanti
snotent
itl
edt
ohol
dlandi
nex
ces
sofc
eil
ingar
ea.

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Ri
ghtofTenantt
oex
changel
and(
Sec
tion33)

Thetenantshol
dingsl
andsmayagreeandmaymakeanappl
icat
iontotheMamlatdar
f
ortheexchangeofthei
rtenanc
iesi
nres
pec
tofthel
andshel
dbyt hem ast
enant
s.

Onr
ecei
ptoft
heappl
ic
ati
on,t
heMaml
atdar

af
tergi
vi
ngnot
icet
othel
andl
ordsc
onc
erned

andaf
termaki
nganinqui
rymaysanc
t i
ont heexc
hangeonsuchtermsandcondi
ti
ons
asmaybepres
cri
bedandmayiss
uec ert
ifi
catesi
nthepr
esc
ribedformtothe
appl
ic
ant
s.

Thec
erti
fi
catessoiss
uedshal
lbeconcl
usi
veofthefac
tofsuchex
changeagai
nstt
he
l
andl
ordsandallper
sonsi
nter
estedi
nthelandsexc
hanged.

Eachoft hetwot enantsshal

lonexchangeholdthelandonthesametermsand
conditi
onsonwhi c
hitwasheldbyt heori
ginalt
enantimmediat
elybef
orethe
exchanges ubj
ecttos uchmodif
icat
ionsasmayhav ebeensanct
ionedbythe
Maml atdar
.

Obj
ectofEx
change.

Tenanti
spermi
ttedtoexchangel
andlandIntheinteres
tofimprov
edagri
cul
tur
al
agri
cul
tur
e.Howeverappl
icat
ioni
sforexchangeistobemadet oMamlat
dar,
whoshal
l
makeinqui
ri
estodetermi
newhetherexchangeisnecessar
y.

Ex
changehass
amemeani
ngasdef
inedi
n128ofTr
ans
ferofPr
oper
tyAc
t.

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-

Power
sAndFunc
tionsofCol
lec
tor
.

Col
lec
torex
erc
isesFol
lowi
ngpower
s-

1.
PowerofCol
lec
tort
otr
ans
ferPr
oceedi
ngs
.(Sec
tion72A)

TheCol
lec
tormay
,af
terduenot
icet
othepar
ties
,byor
deri
nwr
iti
ng

transf
eranyproc
eedingunderthi
sAc tpendi
ngbeforeaMaml atdarinhisdi
str
ictf
rom
suchMaml at
dartoanyotherMamlatdarinhi
sdist
rictandtheMaml atdart
owhom t he
proceedi
ngissotransf
err
edshall
thereuponexer
cisejuri
sdi
cti
onundert hi
sAct.

Howeveranyor
deri
ssuedtovil
lageof
fic
ersunders
ub- s
ecti
on(2)ofsec
tion73s
hal
l
bei
ssuedbytheMamlatdart
owhom s uchvi
ll
ageoff
icersar
esubordi
nate.

Ifinthec ours
eoft hehearingofanappl icati
onf orpos sessionofanyl andmadebya
l
andlordunders ecti
on29,t heMaml atdarofonear eafindst hatthelandlor
dhadmade
asimil
arapplicat i
ont otheMaml atdarofanot herar eaforpos sessi
onofot herland
heldbyhimi nt hatar ea,
thent heMaml atdarshallreferthec asetotheCol l
ectorifthe
otherlandisint hes amedistrict
, andtot heDivisionalOf f
iceriftheotherlandisin
anotherdistr
ict,andt otheSt ateGov ernmenti ftheot herlandi sinanotherdivisi
on.

Onrec
eiptoftheref
erenc
e,theColl
ectorort
heDi
vi
si
onalOf
fic
erort
heSt
ate
Gov
ernment,asthecasemaybe,shal
l––
(
a)c
allf
ort
hepr
oceedi
ngsoft
heot
herappl
ic
ati
onf
rom t
heMaml
atdarc
onc
erned;

(b)havi
ngregard,amongothermatterstotheextentofthel
andofwhi chpos
ses
sion
i
ss oughtunderthedi
ffer
entappl
ic
at i
ons,trans
feral
ltheappli
cat
ionsand
proceedi
ngstooneoft heMamlat
dar sforheari
nganddisposal
;and

(
c)gi
veaninti
mat
ionoft
het
rans
fert
otheMaml
atdar
s,t
hel
andl
ordandt
het
enant
s
c
oncerned.

TheMamlatdartowhom theappl
ic
ati
onsar
esot
rans
fer
reds
hal
lex
erc
isej
uri
sdi
cti
on
i
nres
pectthereofundert
hisAct
.

Howeveranyor
dert
obeissuedt
ovil
lageoffi
cer
sundersub-sec
tion(2)ofsec
tion73
s
hal
lbeiss
uedbyort
hroughtheMamlatdart
owhom suchv i
ll
ageoffi
cersar
e
s
ubordi
nat
e.

2.
PowerofCol
lec
tori
ninqui
resunders
ect
ion29(
3A)(
Sec
tion73A)

Forthepurpos
esofaninquiryundersub-secti
on(3A)ofs
ecti
on29,t
heCol
lect
orshal
l
havethesamepowersasarev est
edincour t
sinrespec
tofthef
oll
owi
ngmatter
sunder
theCodeofCivi
lPr
ocedure,1908,int
ryingas ui
t,

(
a)pr
oofoff
act
sbyaf
fidav
its
,

(b)s
ummoni
ngandenf
orc
ingat
tendanc
eofanyper
sonandex
ami
ninghi
m onoat
h,
and

(
c)c
ompel
li
ngt
hepr
oduc
tionofdoc
ument
s.

(
2)TheorderoftheCol
lec
torundersub-s
ect
ion(
3A)ofs
ect
ion29s
hal
l,s
ubj
ectt
o
r
evi
sionundersub-s
ect
ion(3)
,befi
nal.

TheSt ateGov er
nmentmay ,suomotuoronanappli
cati
onfrom anypersoninter
ested
i
nt heland,callfortherecordofanysuchi
nqui
ryf
ort hepurpos
eofs at
isfyi
ngitsel
fas
tothel egal
it
yorpr opri
etyoft heor
derpas
sedbytheCollec
torandpasss uchorder
thereonasitdeemsf i
t.

Ordershal
lbemodif
ied,annul
ledorr
ever
sedbyf
urni
shi
ngoppor
tuni
tyhasbt
othe
i
nteres
tedpart
iest
oappearandt obeheard.

Ever
ys uchorderoftheCol l
ectororoftheSt at
eGov er
nmenti
nrevi
si
onawardi
ng
possessi
onofanylands hallbeexecutedinthemannerprovi
dedfort
heexec
uti
onof
theordersoftheMaml atdarorTribunalundersec
tion73.
3.PowerofCol
lec
tort
otr
ans
ferandwi
thdr
aw appeal
(Sec
tion74A)

TheCol
lec
tormay
,af
terduenot
icet
othepar
ties
,byor
deri
nwr
iti
ng––

(a)t
ransf
eranyappealpendi
ngbef or
ehim orbef
oreanyAs s
istantorDeputyColl
ect
or
subordi
natetohi
mt oanyAssi
stantorDeputycol
lect
orspeci
fiedinsuchorder
,
perf
ormingtheduti
esandexercis
ingthepowersofaCollec
torandupons uchtransf
er
theshal
lhavepowertohearanddec i
detheappealasifi
twasor i
ginal
lyf
il
edtohim or

(b)wi
thdr
awanyappealpendi
ngbef
oreany
Ass
ist
antorDeput
yCol
lec
torandhi
msel
f
hearanddec
idet
hesame.

4.
Rev
isi
onalPowerofCol
lec
tor
s(s
ect
ion76A)

Wher
enoappealhasbeenf
il
edwi
thi
ntheper
iodpr
ovi
dedf
ori
t,

theCollec
tormay,s
uomotuoronar
efer
enc
emadei
nthi
sbehal
fbyt
heDi
vi
si
onal
Off
icerortheSt
ateGov
ernment

(a)cal
lfortherec
ordofanyi nquir
yort heproc
eedingsofanyMaml at
darorTribunal
forthepurposeofs at
isf
yinghimselfastothelegali
tyorpr
opri
etyofanyorderpassed
by,andastot heregular
ityoftheproceedi
ngsofs uchMamlat
darorTribunal
,and

(
b)pas
ssuc
hor
dert
her
eonashedeemsf
it.

Howev
ernos
uchr
ecor
dshal
lbec
all
edf
or

af
tert
heex
pir
yofoney
earf
rom t
hedat
eofs
uchor
der

andnoorderofs
uchMaml at
darorTr
ibunalshal
lbemodifi
ed,annull
edorrev
ersed
unl
essopport
uni
tyhasbeengiv
entotheinteres
tedpar
tiestoappearandbeheard.

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---
---
---
--

Power
sAndFunc
tionsofMaml
atdar
.

1.Dut
iesofMaml
atdar(
sec
tion70)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion70f
oll
owi
ngar
ethedut
iesandf
unc
tionsofMaml
atdar:
––

(
a)t
odec
idewhet
heraper
soni
sanagr
icul
tur
ist
;

(b)t
odec i
dewhetheraper
soni
s,orwasat
enantorapr
otec
tedt
enantora
permanenttenant
(
c)t
odet
ermi
net
her
atesofr
entunders
ect
ion9;

(
d)t
odec
idedi
sput
eregar
dingc
las
sofl
andunders
ect
ion9A

(f)t
odet er
minetheamountofc
ompens
ati
onunders
ect
ion10f
ort
hec
ont
rav
ent
ion
ofsect
ions8,9,9Aand9C

(
h)t
odet
ermi
net
heamountt
ober
efundedt
oat
enantunders
ect
ion13(
5);

(i
)todeter
minetheamountofc
ompens
ati
onf
ort
reest
owhi
chat
enanti
sent
itl
ed
undersect
ion19;

(j
)todeter
mineanydi
sput
eregar
dingt
her
ightt
opr
oduc
eoft
reesnat
ural
lygr
owi
ng
undersect
ion20;

(
k)t
odet
ermi
net
hec
ostofr
epai
ri
ngpr
otec
tiv
ebundsunders
ect
ion23;

(
kk)t
ohol
dani
nqui
ryandr
est
orepos
ses
sionofl
andunders
ub-s
ect
ion(
1B)of
s
ecti
on32

(
l)t
osanc
tionex
changeoft
enanc
iesunders
ect
ion33;

(m)todetermi
netheamountofc
ompens
ati
onpay
abl
etot
enantf
oranyi
mpr
ovement
undersec
t i
on41

(
ma)t
odet
ermi
newhati
sreas
onabl
erentunders
ect
ion43B;

(
mb)t
ois
sueac
ert
ifi
cat
eunders
ect
ion84A,

andt
odec
ideunders
ect
ion84Bor84C

whet
herat
rans
ferorac
qui
si
ti
onofl
andi
sinv
ali
d

andt
odi
spos
eofl
andaspr
ovi
dedi
nsec
tion84C.

2.
Dis
tri
but
ionofbus
ines
samongs
tMaml
atdar

Wherei
nanyt
alukaormahal,i
naddit
iontot
heMaml
atdarappoi
ntedunders
ect
ion12
oft
heBombayLandRevenueCode,1879

i
nadditi
ontotheMahalkar
iappoi
ntedunders
ecti
on13oft
hes
aidCode,
oneormor
e
of
fic
ersareappoi
ntedbytheStat
eGovernment

t
oper
for
mthedut
iesofaMaml
atdarundert
hisAc
tins
ucht
alukaormahal
,

eac
hsuc
hof
fic
ers
hal
ldi
spos
eofs
uchi
nqui
resorpr
oceedi
ngsc
ommenc
edunder
s
ect
ion71ast
heMaml
atdarort
heMahal
kar
i,s
ubj
ectt
othec
ont
roloft
heCol
lec
tor

maybygener
alors
pec
ialor
der
,ref
ert
ohi
m.

3.
Appli
cati
nforposses
sionofland madet
odi
ffer
entMaml
atdart
obehear
dby
desi
gnat
edMaml at
dar(sec
tion72B)

I
fint
hecourseofthehear
ingofanappl
ic
ati
onf
orpos
ses
sionofanyl
andmadebya
l
andl
ordundersec
tion29,

theMaml at
darofoneareaf i
ndsthatthelandl
ordhadmadeas imil
arappli
cati
onto
theMaml at
darofanotherareaforpossessi
onofotherlandhel
dbyhi minthatar
ea,
thentheMaml at
darshallr
efert
hec as
et otheColl
ectorift
heotherlandi
sinthesame
dist
ric
t,and

t
otheDi
vi
si
onalOf
fic
eri
ftheot
herl
andi
sinanot
herdi
str
ict
,and

t
otheSt
ateGov
ernmenti
ftheot
herl
andi
sinanot
herdi
vi
si
on.

Onrecei
ptoftherefer
enc
e,t
heCol
lec
torort
heDi
vi
si
onalOf
fic
erort
heSt
ate
Gov
ernmentshal
l––

(
a)c
allf
ort
hepr
oceedi
ngsoft
heot
herappl
ic
ati
onf
rom t
heMaml
atdarc
onc
erned;

(b)havingregar
dt ot
heex
tentoft
hel
andofwhi
chpos
ses
sioni
ssoughtundert
he
diff
erentappli
cati
ons,

tr
ansf
erallt
heappl
ic
ati
onsandpr
oceedi
ngst
ooneoft
heMaml
atdar
sforhear
ingand
di
sposal
;and

(
c)gi
veaninti
mat
ionoft
het
rans
fert
otheMaml
atdar
s,t
hel
andl
ordandt
het
enant
s
c
oncerned.

TheMamlatdartowhom theappl
ic
ati
onsar
esot
rans
fer
reds
hal
lex
erc
isej
uri
sdi
cti
on
i
nres
pectthereofundert
hisAct
.

Provi
dedthatanyordert
obei ss
uedtovi
ll
ageof
fic
ersundersub-
sect
ion(2)ofs
ect
ion
73shallbeis
suedbyorthroughtheMamlat
dart
owhom s uchvi
ll
ageoff
icer
sare
subordi
nate.

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---
---

Tr
ibunal:Power
sandDut
ies
(sec
tion67-
69)

Mahar
asht
raTenanc
yandAgr
icul
tur
alLandsAc
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ngpr
ovi
si
ons-
1Tr
ibunal(
jur
isdi
cti
on)(
Sec
tion67)

Accordi
ngtos ec
tion67t
her
eshal
lbeaTri
bunal
,cal
ledt
heAgr
icul
tur
alLandsTri
bunal
foreachtal
ukaormahalorf
orsuc
hareaastheStat
eGover
nmentmayt hi
nkfi
t.

St
ateGov
ernmentc
an

al
tert
hel
ocall
imi
tsoft
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
heTr
ibunal

orabol
is
htheTr
ibunals
ocons
tit
utedorr
econs
tit
utet
heTr
ibunal
.

Proceedingpendi
ngbef
oreanyTri
bunalont
hedat
eofs
uchal
ter
ati
onor
reconsti
tuti
onshal
lbet
rans
ferr
ed.

TheStat
eGov er
nmentmayappoi
ntanof
fic
ernotbel
owt
her
ankofaMaml
atdart
obe
theTr
ibunal

andt oexer
cis
ethepowersandperformtheduti
esandfunc
tionsoft
heTri
bunal
underthi
sActint
alukaormahaloranyot
herarearef
err
edtoinsub-s
ect
ion(1)

TheSt
ateGover
nmentmayc
ons
tit
uteaTr
ibunalc
ons
ist
ingofnotl
esst
hant
hree
membersofwhom––

(
a)atl
eastoneshal
lbeapersonwhoishol
dingorhasheldajudi
cialof
fic
enotl
oweri
n
r
ankthanthatofaci
vi
ljudgeundert
heBombayCivilCour
tsAct,1869,

orwhoi
squal
if
iedt
opr
act
iseasal
awy
eri
ntheSt
ateofMahar
asht
raand

(
b)ones
hal
lbeappoi
ntedt
obet
hePr
esi
dentoft
heTr
ibunal

andtheTribunals
oc onsti
tutedshal
lex
erci
set
hepower
sandper
for
mthedut
iesand
func
tionsoftheTribunalundert
hisAct.

2.
Dut
iesofTr
ibunal
(sec
tion68)

Ac
cor
dingSec
tion68i
tshal
lbet
hedut
yoft
heTr
ibunal
––

(
a)t
odet
ermi
net
hev
alueoft
hes
iteofadwel
li
nghous
eunders
ect
ion17;

(
b)t
odet
ermi
net
hepur
chas
epr
iceofl
andunders
ect
ion32G,63Aor64;

(
c)t
odec
ideanydi
sput
eunders
ect
ions32t
o32R

(
cc)t
odi
spos
eofl
andunders
ect
ion32P

(
d)t
oper
for
msuc
hot
herf
unc
tionsi
ncar
ryi
ngoutt
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
t,asmay
bepr
esc
ribedorasmaybedi
rec
tedbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
.

3.
Power
sofTr
ibunal
(sec
tion69)

TheTri
bunals
hallhavet hesomepowersinmaki
nginqui
ri
esundert
hisAc
tasare
vest
edinCourt
sinr espectofthef
oll
owingmatt
ersundert
heCodeofCivi
lPr
ocedur
e,
1908,i
ntry
ingas ui
t:––

(
a)pr
oofoff
act
sbyaf
fidav
its
;

(b)summoni
ngandenf
orc
ingt
heat
tendanc
eofanyper
sonandex
ami
ninghi
m on
oath;and

(
c)c
ompel
li
ngt
hepr
oduc
tionofdoc
ument
s.

TheTri
bunalshal
lhaveal
sosuc
hot herpower
sasmaybepr
esc
ribed.TheTr
ibunal
shal
lhavepowerstoawardc
osts.

Theor
der
soft
heTr
ibunals
hal
lbegi
venef
fec
ttoi
nthemannerpr
ovi
dedi
nsec
tion
73.

4.
Barofj
uri
sdi
cti
on(
Sec
tion85)

Accordi
ngtosecti
on85CivilCour
tshallhav
enoj ur
isdi
cti
ontosett
le,dec
ideordeal
wit
hanyquestion(inc
ludi
ngaques t
ion,whetherapersonisorwasatanytimeinthe
past,at
enant

andwhet heranysuchtenanti
sorshoul
dbedeemedt ohavepurchas ed,
from hi
s
l
andlord,thelandhel
dbyhi m),
whichi
sbyorundert hi
sActrequiredt obesettl
ed,
deci
dedordeal twit
hbyt heMamlat
darorTri
bunal,aManager,theCol l
ect
orort he
MaharashtraRevenueTri
bunali
nappealorr
evis
ionort heStateGov ernmentin
exer
ciseoftheirpowersofcont
rol
.

Noor deroftheMaml at
dar,theTri
bunal
,theCol
lect
orortheMaharashtraRevenue
Tri
bunal]ortheStat
eGov ernmentmadeunderthisActs
hallbeques
tionedinanyCivi
l
orCri
mi nalCour
t.

Ac c
ordingt
oexplanat
ionCiv
ilCourtshal
linc
ludeaMamal
atdar
'sCour
tcons
tit
uted
undertheMaml
atdarsCour
tsAc t
,1906.

Sar
swat
ibaivDamodar2005(
5)Bom.
C.R.S.
C.

Courtheldthatci
vi
lcour
thasnojur
isdi
cti
ontodeci
detheiss
uetobedeter
minedby
tr
ibunal
.Evenifi
trai
sedi
nproceedi
ng,c
ivi
lcour
twouldr
eferthei
ssuet
oauthor
ity
underAc
t.

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---
---
---
--

AppealandRev
isi
on(
sec
tion74-
78)

Maharas
htr
aTenanc yandAgri
cul
tur
alLandsAc
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ngpr
ovi
si
ons
r
elat
ingtoappealandrevi
si
on--

1AppealAgai
nstor
der
sofMaml
atdar
(sec
tion74)

Acc
ordi
ngtosec
tion74appealagai
nsttheor
dersoft
heMaml
atdarandt
heTr
ibunal
maybefi
ledt
otheColl
ectori
nt hef
oll
owingcas
es––

(
a)anor
derunders
ect
ion4

(
d)anor
derunders
ect
ion9,

(
da)anor
derunders
ect
ion9A;
]

(
e)anor
derunders
ect
ion10

(
g)anor
derunders
ect
ion13,

(
ga)anor
derunders
ect
ion15

(
h)anor
derunders
ect
ion17,

(
i)anor
derunders
ect
ion19,

(
j)anor
derunders
ect
ion20,

(
k)anor
derunders
ect
ion23,

(
l)anor
derunders
ect
ion25,

(
m)anor
derunders
ect
ion29,

(
m-1)anor
derunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1B)ofs
ect
ion32,

(
ma)anor
derunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2)ofs
ect
ion32

(
mb)anor
derunders
ect
ions31,
32F,32Gor32P,

(
n)anor
derunders
ect
ion32K,32M,32MMor32Q,

(
na)anor
derunders
ect
ion33B,
]
(
o)anor
derunders
ect
ion33,

(
oo)anor
derunders
ub-
sec
tion(
5)ofs
ect
ion34,

(
p)anor
derunders
ect
ion37,

(
q)anor
derunders
ect
ion39,

(
r)anor
derunders
ect
ion4

(r
r)anor
dermadepur
suantt
oanot
ifi
cat
ioni
ssuedunders
ub-s
ect
ion(
3)ofs
ect
ion
43A,

(
ra)anor
derunders
ect
ion43B,

(
s)anor
derunders
ect
ion64,(
u)anor
dermadeunders
ect
ion84A,84Bor84C,

(
v)anor
derunders
ect
ion85A,

(
w)anor
derunders
ect
ion88C,

Theprovi
si
onsofChapterXI
IIoft
heBombayLandRev
enueCode,1879,s
hal
lappl
yto
appeal
stotheCol
lec
torunderthi
sAct
.

TheCol
lec
tori
nappeals
hal
lhav
epowert
oawar
dcos
ts.

2.
PowerpfCol
lec
tort
otr
ans
ferorwi
thdr
awappeal

Ac
cordingt
osec
tion74At
heCol
lec
tormay
,af
terduenot
icet
othepar
ties
,byor
deri
n
wr
iti
ng––

(
a)t
rans
feranyappealpendi
ngbef
orehi
m

orbef
oreanyAs
sis
tantorDeput
yCol
lec
tors
ubor
dinat
etohi
m

toanyAssi
stantorDeput
ycol
lec
torspec
ifi
edi
nsuc
hor
der
,per
for
mingt
hedut
iesand
exer
cis
ingthepowersofaCol
lector

anduponsuchtrans
fertheAssis
tantColl
ectorort
heDeputyCol
lec
tor
,shal
lhav
e
powertohearanddeci
det heappealasi
fitwasori
ginal
lyf
il
edt
ohim;

or

(b)wi
thdr
awanyappealpendi
ngbef
oreanyAs
sis
tantorDeput
yCol
lec
torandhi
msel
f
hearanddec
idet
hesame.
3.
Anappealagai
nstt
heawar
doft
heCol
lec
tor
.

Appealagai
nstawar
dofCol
lec
tormadeunders
ect
ion66maybef
il
ed

t
otheMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal
.

Indec i
dingappeal
sundersub-sect
ion(1)Maharasht
raRevenueTr i
bunals hal
lexer
cis
e
al
lthepower swhichacourthasundertheBomabyRev enueTribunalAct,1939and
shal
lfoll
owt hesameprocedurewhichacourtfol
lowsindeci
dingappeal sfrom t
he
decreeororderofanori
ginalcour
tundertheCodeofCi vi
lProcedure,1908.

4.
Rev
isi
on(
sec
tion76)

Appl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
si
onmaybemadet
otheMahar
asht
ra

RevenueTr
ibunalc
onsti
tutedundert
hes
aidAc
tagai
nstanyor
deroft
heCol
lec
toron
thefol
lowi
nggroundsonly:––

(
a)t
hatt
heor
deroft
heCol
lec
torwasc
ont
rar
ytol
aw;

(
b)t
hatt
heCol
lec
torf
ail
edt
odet
ermi
nes
omemat
eri
ali
ssueofl
aw;or

(
c)t
hattherewasasubs
tant
ialdefecti
nf ol
lowi
ngt
hepr
ocedur
epr
ovi
dedbyt
hisAc
t,
whi
chhasresul
tedi
nthemiscarr
iageofjusti
ce.

I
ndec
idi
ngappl
ic
ati
onsundert
hiss
ect
iont
heMahar
asht
raRev
enue

Tr
ibunals
hallf
oll
owt heprocedur
ewhichmaybepres
cri
bedbyrul
esmadeundert
his
Actaft
erconsul
tati
onwiththeMaharas
htraRev
enueTri
bunal
.

5.
Rev
isi
onalpowerofCol
lec
tor
(sec
tion76A)

Wher
enoappealhasbeenf
il
edwi
thi
ntheper
iodpr
ovi
dedf
ori
t,

t
heCol
lec
tormay

,s
uomotuoronar
efer
enc
emadei
nthi
sbehal
fbyt
heDi
vi
si
onalOf
fic
erort
heSt
ate
Gover
nment
,

(a)cal
lfortherec
ordofanyi nquir
yort heproc
eedingsofanyMaml at
darorTribunal
forthepurposeofs at
isf
yinghimselfastothelegali
tyorpr
opri
etyofanyorderpassed
by,andastot heregular
ityoftheproceedi
ngsofs uchMamlat
darorTribunal
.

and
(
b)pas
ssuc
hor
dert
her
eonashedeemsf
it.

Howevernosuchr
ecor
dshal
lbec
all
edf
oraf
tert
heex
pir
yofoney
earf
rom t
hedat
e
ofsuc
hor der

andnoor derofsuchMamlat
darorTr
ibunalshal
lbemodif
ied,annul
ledorr
ever
sed
unl
essopportuni
tyhasbeengi
ventotheinter
est
edpart
iestoappearandbeheard.

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion77

ev
eryappli
cat
ionorappealmadeunderthi
sActt
ot heMaml
atdar
,Tri
bunal
,Col
lec
tor
or
Maharashtr
aRevenueTribunals
hal
lbearac
ourt
-feest
ampofsuchval
ueasmaybe
pr
escr
ibed.

5.
Order
sinappealorRev
isi
on.

(
Sec
tion78)

TheCol
lec
tori
nappealandtheMaharas
htr
aRev
enueTr
ibunali
nappealunder
s
ecti
on75andinr
evis
ionundersec
tion76

mayc
onf
irm,modi
fyorr
esc
indt
heor
deri
nappealorr
evi
si
on

ori
tsex
ecut
ion

ormaypas
ssuchot
heror
derasmays
eem l
egalandj
usti
nac
cor
danc
ewi
tht
he
pr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
t.

TheordersoftheCol
lect
orinappealoroftheMaharasht
raRevenueTr
ibunali
nappeal
orrev
isi
ons hal
lbeex
ecutedinthemannerpr ov
idedfort
heexecuti
onoftheorder
sof
theMamlatdarandTri
bunalundersect
ion73.

6.
Limi
tat
ion(Per
iod)(
Sec
tion79)

Ac cor
dingtosecti
on79ever
yappealorappl
ic
ationforr
ev i
si
onundert
hisActshal
lbe
fi
ledwi t
hinaperi
odofsi
xtyday
sfrom thedateoftheorderoft
heMaml at
dar,
TribunalorCol
lec
tor.

Theprov
isi
onsofsect
ions4,5,12and14oftheI
ndi
anLimi
tat
ionAc
t,1908,s
hal
l
appl
ytothefi
ll
ingofsuchappealorappl
ic
ati
onf
orr
evi
si
on.

Howev
erappealagai
nstanor
derpas
sedbyt
heMaml
atdarunders
ect
ion31or32F

oranor
derpassedbyt
heTri
bunalundersec
tion32Gbeforethedat
eofthe
c
ommenc ementoft
heBombayTenancyandAgr i
cul
tur
alLands(Amendment
)Ac
t,
1960,maybefi
ledwi
thi
naper
iodofs
ixmont
hsf
rom t
hedat
eofs
uch
commencement.

Accordi
ngt osecti
on80al li
nqui
ri
esandproceedingsbef
oretheMamlatdar,the
Tri
bunal,t
heCollectorandtheMahar
asht
raRev enueTri
bunalshal
lbedeemedt obe
j
udici
alproceedi
ngswi thi
nthemeani
ngofs ec
tions193,219and228oft heIndi
an
PenalCode.

Appealorr
evi
sionmaybef
il
edaf
terper
iodofl
imi
tat
ionac
cor
dinggos
ect
ion5of
l
imi
tati
onAct.

I
nDi
nkarvPandur
angBendr
e2002(
4)Mah.
L.J
.

Cour
thel
dthatc
our
thast
otakebr
oaderv
iewandc
ons
iderr
eal
it
iesofl
if
e.

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Modul
e09

Mamal
atdar
'sCour
tAc
t1906.

1.
His
tor
icalBac
kgr
ound/
Int
roduc
tion.

Theoffi
ceofMaml atdarhasassumedimportantst
at usf
rom anc
ientt
imes.Thewor
d
"Mamlatdar
"isderi
vedf rom or
igi
nalAr
abicWorldMUAMLA( Mamla)means
compli
catedmatterorc aseandtheoff
icerwhosolvessuchmatter
soris
suesis
Mamlatdar.

TheMaml at
darist
heHeadofr
evenueadmi
nis
trat
ionc
ons
ist
ingofav
erage50ormor
e
groupsofvi
ll
ages.

Thestategover
nmentappoi
ntsMaml
atdarundersec
tion-12ofLandRevenueCode.
Mamlatdarisal
soanexec
uti
vemagi
str
ateundersect
ion-20oftheIndi
anCrimi
nal
Proc
edur eCode1973.

TheMaml atdarisagazett
edoffi
ceroftheStateGov
ernment.Asthecoll
ect
oristhe
headoft hedi s
tric
tsoMaml at
darplay
sr ol
eofheadofTal
uka.Heisrespons
iblet
o
Prantoffi
c erandc ol
lec
torandhesolvesprobl
emsofpeopl
ebyc omingindir
ect
contactoft hepeople.

Thust
heMaml
atdarhasamul
ti
pur
pos
erol
etopl
ayatTal
ukal
evel
.

St
ateGover
nmentdet
erminesf
unc
t i
onsofMamlat
dar.Pr
evi
ousl
yfunct
ionsof
Mamlat
darwer
eregul
atedbyMamlatdar
sCour
tAct1876.
Butpr
esentActrepeal
edt
he
s
ame.

I
nGulabbhaivKasanj
i(1897)Courthel
dthatj
uri
sdic
tionofMaml
atdari
spur
ely
s
tat
utorycreat
ionandf orhisgui
dancehemustlooks t
atut
e.

2.
Obj
ectAndAppl
ic
ati
onofAc
t.

Mamlatdar
’sCourtActi
sappl
iedtoStat
eofMahar
asht
ra.Ac
tisenac
tedt
oregul
ate
powerandproceedi
ngsofMamlat
dar’
sCourt
s.

Preambl
eofAc tlaysdownthatAc
tisenactedt
ocons
oli
dat
eandamendl
awr
elat
ing
topowersandproceedi
ngsofMamlatdar
’sCour
ts.

3.
Somei
mpor
tantDef
ini
ti
ons
.

(
a)Maml
atdar:s
hal
linc
ludeanyRev
enue-
off
icerex
erc
isi
ngpower
sofaMaml
atdar
,

orofaMahal
kar
i

andanyotherper
sonwhomaybes pec
ial
lyauthor
isedbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernmentt
o
exer
cis
ethepowersofaMaml
atdarunderthisAct
;and

(
b)pl
aint
iffanddef
endants
hal
linc
lude

(
i)apl
eaderdul
yappoi
ntedt
oac
tonbehal
fofs
uchpl
aint
iffordef
endant
,and

(i
i)t
herec
ogni
sedagentofapl
aint
iffordef
endantasdef
inedi
nsec
tion37oft
he
10CodeofCi
vi
lProc
edur

I
mpor
tantPr
ovi
si
ons
.

1.
Maml
atdarandJ
ointMaml
atdar
(sec
tions3-4)

Mamlatdari
srevenueof
fic
eraut
hor
isedbySt
ateGov
ernmentt
oex
erc
isepower
s
undert
hisAct.

StateGovernmentmay ,bynoti
fi
cat
ionint heOffi
calGaz
ett
e,appointi
nanytalukaa
JointMamlatdarunderthi
sActwhos hallbeinv
estedwithc
o-extensi
vepowersanda
concurr
entjuri
sdic
tionwitht
heMaml atdar.

Accordingt
oc l
ause(2)theMamlatdari
sempoweredtotr
ans
fertot
heJoi
nt
Mamlatdarf
ordisposalanysui
tunderthi
sAct,
theplai
nti
nwhic
hhasbeenpr
esent
ed
t
otheMaml atdarundersect
ion7,

andt
ore-
trans
fert
ohi
sownf
il
eanys
uchs
uit
s,ofwhi
cht
heJ
ointMaml
atdari
s,
owi
ngt
odeat
h,s
icknes
soranyot
herc
aus
eunabl
etodi
spos
e.

2.
Power
sofMaml
atdar
’sCour
ts(
sec
tion5)

Maml at
dar'
sCourt
,subj
ecttothepr
ovis
ionsofsec
tions6and26,hav
epower
,wi
thi
n
t
err
itori
all
imit
sfi
xedbyt heSt
ateGovernment,

(a)toremov eorcauset ober emov edanyimpediment

,erectedot
herwi s
et hanunder
dueaut hori
tyofl
aw,t ot henat uralf l
owinadefi
nedchannelorotherwiseofany
surfac
ewat ernatural
lyrisi
ngi norf al
li
ngonanylandusedforagri
cultur
e,grazing,
treesorc r
ops,ont oanyadjac entland,wher es
uchimpedimentcausesori sli
kelyt
o
causedamaget ot helandus edf ors uchpurpos
eortoanys uchgrazi
ng,treesorc r
ops.

(b)t
ogiveimmediat
eposses
sionofanylandsorpr
emi
sesus
edf
oragr
icul
tur
eor
graz
ing,ort
rees
,orcrops
,orfi
sher
ies,

ortorestoret heus eofwaterfrom anywel l

,tank,canalorwater-cour
se,whet
her
nat
uralorartifi
cialusedforagri
c ul
tur
alpurpos estoanyper s
onwhohasbeen
di
spossessedordepr i
vedthereofotherwisethanbyduec ourseoflaw,orwhohas
becomeent it
ledt othepos s
essionorrestorati
ont hereofbyreasonofthe
det
erminationofanyt enancyorotherrightofanyot herperson,

notbei
ngapers
onwhohasbeenafor
merownerorpart-
owner,wi
thi
naperiodof
twel
veyear
sbef
oret
hei
nsti
tut
ionoft
hesui
tofthepropert
yorusecl
aimed,

orwhoi
sthel
egalr
epr
esent
ati
veofs
uchf
romerownerorpar
t-owner
.

Howeverifinanycas
et heMamlatdarc
onsider
sitinequit
ableorundulyharshto
removeorc auset
ober emovedanysuchi
mpedi mentort ogiv
epos s
essionofany
suchpropertyort
orestoreanysuchuset
oaper sonwhohasbec omeent i
tl
edther
eto
merel
ybyr easonofthedetermi
nati
onofanysuc htenancyorotherri
ght,

ori
fitappear
st ohi
mt hatsuchcas
ecanbemor es
uitabl
ydeal
twithbyaCivilCour
t,
hemayinhisdiscr
etionref
usetoexer
cis
ethepowerafor
esai
d,butshal
lrec
or di
n
wri
ti
nghisreasonsforsuchref
usal
.

Thesai
dCourtshal
lal
so,havepowerwithinthesai
dli
mit
s,wher
eanyi
mpedi
ment
ref
err
edtoi
ns ub-s
ecti
on(1)iser
ected,oranatt
empthasbeenmadet
oerec
tit
,

or
,whenanyper
soni
sot
her
wis
ethanbyduec
our
seofl
awdi
stur
bedorobs
truc
ted,

orwhenanatt
empthasbeenmadesotodis
turborobstr
uctanyperson,inthe
poss
essi
onofanyl
andsorpremi
sesus
edforagri
cul
tur
eorgrazingortrees,orcr
ops
,
orfisheri
es,orint heuseofwat erfrom anywel l
,tank,canalorwater-
course,whether
naturalorartif
ici
al,usedforagric
ulturalpurposes,orintheuseofroadsorc ustomary
wayst hereto,toissueaninjuncti
ont otheper s
oner ecti
ngorwhohasat t
mept edt o
erectsuchimpendi ment,orcausi
ng,orwhohasat t
empt edtocause,suc
hdi st
urbanc e
orobs tr
uc t
ion,requir
inghimt orefrai
nf rom er
ec t
ingorat t
emptingtoerectanys uch
i
mpedi mentorf rom causi
ngorat tempt i
ngt ocauseanyf ur
thersuchdis
turbanc eor
obstructi
on.

Sui
tshal
lnotbeent
ertai
nedbyaMamlatdar
'sCour
tunles
siti
sbr
oughtwi
thi
nsi
x
monthsfr
om t
hedateonwhicht
hecauseofacti
onaros
e.

3.
Caus
eofac
tionl
imt
ati
on (
set
ion5(
4))

Accordingtosecti
on5( 4)t
hec auseofactionshallbedeemedtohaveari
senonthe
dat
eonwhi chtheimpedimentt othenaturalf
lowofs urf
acewart
erorthe
di
spos s
essi
ondepr i
vat
ionordet erminat
ion,oftenancyorotherr
ightocc
urr
ed,oron
whichtheimpediment,dist
urbanceorobs truc
tion,ortheat
temptedimpedi
mentor
di
sturbanceorobstruc
tion,fi
rstcommenc ed.

Sui
ttobef
il
edwi
thi
nsi
xmont
hs.

4.
Inj
uct
ioni
t'
sdi
sobey
dienc
e:

Mamlat
darsCourti
sempoweredt
oissuei
njunct
iont
opersonwhocreat
es
i
mpedimentlai
ddowni nc
laus
e1(a)
.Andcourtc
anrequi
resuc
hper
sontoref
rai
nfr
om
er
ect
ingimpediment.

Di
sobedi
enc
eispuni
shabl
eac
cor
dingt
oIndi
anPenalCode.

5.
Power
/Func
tionsofCol
lec
tor(
sec
tion6)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion6t
heCol
lec
tormay

af
terduenot
icet
othepar
ties
,byor
deri
nwr
iti
ng

transf
eranysui
tfrom anyMamlatdar
'sCourti
nhisdi
str
icttoanyot
herMam-latdar
's
Courti
nhisdist
ric
t,andtheMamlatdar'
sCourt
,towhi
cht hesui
tiss
otrans
fer
red,
shal
lexer
cis
ejuri
sdict
ioni
nsuchsuit

butanyorderi
ssuedt
ovil
lage-of
fic
ersundersec
tion21s hal
lbei
ssuedbyt
he
Mamlatdartowhom s
uchv i
ll
age-
offic
ersares
ubor di
nat
e.

I
nSt
ateofBombayvMul
jiJ
ethaAI
R1955S.
C.
Cour
thel
dthatCol
lec
tori
sdi
ffer
entf
rom St
ateGov
ernment
.

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Pr
ocedur
efr
om f
il
ingofpl
aintt
ilenf
orc
ementofi
tsor
der
(sec
tions7-
25)

Fol
lowi
ngs
tagesar
einv
olv
edi
npr
ocedur
eofpl
aint
-

1aas
uitsunderthi
sActshal
lbecommenc edbyapl
aint
.It
shal
lbepr
esent
edt
othe
Maml
atdarinopenCourtbythepl
aint
iff
.

Andi
tshal
lcont
aint
hef
oll
owi
ngpar
tic
ular
s:-

(
a)t
henameage,r
eli
gion,c
ast
e,pr
ofes
sionandpl
aceofabodeoft
hepl
aint
iff
.

(
b)t
hename,age,r
eli
gion,c
ast
e,pr
ofes
sionandpl
aceofabodeoft
hedef
endant
;

(
bb)thenat
ur eandsi
tuat
ionoft
heimpedi
menter
rect
edandt hes
ituat
ionoft
hel
ands
whi
chareadjacentt
oeachother
,andt
henatur
eoftherel
iefs
ought

(c
)t henat
ureandsit
uati
onoft
heproper
tyofwhi
chpos
ses
sionf
orus
esought
,ort
he
natureofthei
njunc
tiont
obegrant
ed

(
d)t
hedat
eonwhi
cht
hec
aus
eofac
tionar
ose:

(
e)t
hec
irc
ums
tanc
esoutofwhi
cht
hec
aus
eofac
tionar
ose;and

(f
)al i
stoftheplaint
iff
'sdocuments,i
fany,andofhiswi
tnesses
,ifany
,showi
ngwhat
evidencei
sr equi
redfrom eachwit
ness,andwhethersuc
hwi t
nessesaret
obe
summonedt oattend,orwhethertheplai
nti
ffwi
llpr
oducethem onthedayandatt
he
placetobef i
xedunders ect
ion14.

2.
Exami
nat
ionofwi
tnes
ses(
Sec
tion7):

Wher
ethepl
aintdoesnotc
ont
aint
hepar
tic
ular
sspec
ifi
edi
nsec
tion7

ori
sunnec
ess
ari
lypr
oli
x,

t
heMamlatdarshal
lfort
hwi
thexami
netheplai
ntif
fuponoathandascer
tai
nfr
om him
t
hepar
tic
ularss
pecifi
edins
ecti
on7asarenotclearl
yandcor
rect
lys
tatedint
heplai
nt.

Ands hal
lreducet
heex aminat
iontowrit
ingi
nthefor
m ofanendores
mentonor
annex
uretot hepl
aintwhic
hs hal
lther
euponbedeemedtobepartofthepl
aint
.

Wher
ethepl
aint
iffr
equi
rest
imet
oobt
ainanyoft
hepar
tic
ular
sspec
ifi
edi
nsec
tion7,
t
heMamlat
dars
hal
lgr
anthi
msuc
hti
measmayunderal
lthec
irc
ums
tanc
esappear
r
eas
onabl
e.

3.
Ac cr
dingtosecti
on10whent heplaintispresentedtheMaml at
darshal
lrequi
ret
he
pl
ainti
fftosubsc
ribeandveri
fytheplaintinhispresence,i
nopenCourtinthemanner
pr
es c
ribed.
Andshallbeendors
edbyhi mt hatplaintisveri
fi
ed(
secti
on11)

4.
Rej
ect
ionofpl
aint
(12s
ect
ion)

TheMaml
atdars
hal
lrej
ectt
hepl
aint
—

(
a)wher
ethepl
aint
iffdec
li
nest
omakeas
tat
ementonoat
hunders
ect
ion9;or

(b)wheretheplai
nti
ffi
swi l
li
ngt omakeorhasmadeastatementonoathunder
secti
on9,butfail
stofurni
sht hepar
tic
ular
sspec
ifi
edi
ns ect
ion7wit
hintheti
mefi
xed
undersect
ion9oraltogether;or

(
c)wher
eitappear
supont
hef
aceoft
hepl
aint
,

(
i)t
hatt
hepr
oper
tyorus
ecl
aimedi
snotoneoft
heki
nds
pec
ifi
edi
nsec
tion5;or

(i
i)t
hatthecaus
eofac
tionar
osemor
ethans
ixmont
hsbef
oret
hepl
aintwas
present
ed;or

(d)wher
ethepl
aint
iffdec
li
nest
osubs
cri
beorv
eri
fyt
hepl
aintasr
equi
redbys
ect
ions
10and11.

Accordingt
os ect
ion13wherei
tappearst
ot heMamlat
darthatt
hesubj
ectofthe
pl
aintisnotwithi
nhisj
uri
sdi
cti
on,heshal
l,r
etur
ntheplai
nttobepr
esentedi
nt he
pr
operCour t
.

5.
Proc
edur
ewher
epl
ainti
sadmi
tted(
sec
tion14)
:

Wher eaplaintisadmissi
ble,theMaml at
darshallr
eceiveandf i
leit.Heshallt
henfi
xa
conveni
entdayandpl aceforthetri
alofthecase,ands hal
liss
ue,att heexpenseofthe
plai
nti
ff,notic
eint heform ofSchedul
eAt othedef endant.Hes hallt
henrequir
ethe
plai
nti
fftoappearwi thhisdoc uments
,ifany
,andwi tnesses,i
fany ,onthedayandat
theplacefix
ed.

Thedatetobef
ixedforthet
rialoft
hecas
eshal
lnotbeear
li
ert
hant
enday
s,norl
ater
thanf
ift
eenday
s,from t
hedayonwhi c
hthenot
icei
siss
ued.

Thepl
acet
obef
ixedf
ort
het
rialoft
hec
asemaybei
ntheMaml
atdar
'sof
fic
e
oratorneart
hes
ceneofdi
sput
e,

oratanyot
hers
pott
hatt
heMaml
atdarc
ons
ider
sconv
eni
entt
othepar
ties
.

6.At
tendanc
eofwi
tnes
ses
.

Accordi
ngtosect
ion15 whereei
therpart
yrequi
resanywi
tnesst
obesummoned
toappearonthedayandatt
heplacefi
xed,theMamlatdars
hal
lis
sueasummonsf
or
thatpur
pose.

(TheMamlatdarmayis
s ueawarrantforthearr
estofanysuchwitnessi
fatsuc
htime
hefail
stoappearandthesummonsi sprovedtohavebeendulyservedi
ntimeofhi
s
appeari
ngandnor eas
onableex
cus eisoffer
edforsuchfai
lur
e.

7.Accor
dingtos ect
ion16wheretheplaint
ifff
ailstoattend,ortoproducehis
document s
,ifany,ortoadoptmeasurestoprocuretheat tendanc
eofhiswitness
es,i
f
any,onthedayandatt hepl
acefi
xed,theMaml atdarshallrej
ectt
heplai
ntwi t
hcosts
,
whetherthedefendantappearsornot,unl
essthedef endantadmitstheclai
m.

Wher etheplainti
ffatt
endsasr equi
redbysec
tion14,s ub-sec
tion(1),butt he
defendantfail
stoat t
endandt heMaml at
dari
ss ati
sfi
edf r
om theev idencebef orehi
m
thatthenoticehasbeendul yservedonthedefendantandi nsuffi
cientti
met oenable
thedefendantt oappearandans weronthedayf i
xedinthenot ic
e,hes hallproceedto
hearanddec i
det heplaintex
-parte.

8.Ac cordi
ngsecti
on17wher e,inthec asement ionedi nsub-sec t
ion(2)ofsect
ion16,
theMaml at
dari
snots at
isf
iedfrom theev i
denc ebef orehimt hatthenot i
cehasbeen
dulys
ervedonthedefendant,andins uffi
cienttimet oenabl ethedef endanttoappear
andansweront hedayfi
xedint henotice,hes halladjournthetrialofthecaseand
i
s s
ueaf r
eshnotic
eunders ec
tion14,s ub-s ec
t i
on( 1)tothedef endant.

Wher eanywi t
nesswhohasbeendul ysummoned,orforwhos ear
restawar r
anthas
beeni s
suedunders ub-secti
on( 2)ofsect
ion15,fai
lst
oattendont hedayandatthe
placefixed,theMamlatdarmay ,ifheconsider
stherei
ssuf
f i
ci
entreason,af
tert
aking
theev i
denc eofthosepresent,adjour
nthehear i
ngofthes
uitfrom ti
met oti
met i
llt
he
attendanc eofsuchwitnes
sc anbeenf orced.

TheMaml at
darmay,foranyot
hers
uff
ici
entr
easontober ecordedinwri
ti
ng,adjour
n
thetr
ialoft
hecaseforsuchti
meashethi
nksfi
t,butnotordinari
ll
yexc
eedi
ngt en
days
.

9.
Poi
ntst
obedec
idedbyMaml
atdarathear
ing(
sec
tion19)
Accor
dingtosecti
on19onthedayf
ixed,oronanydaytowhichtheproc
eedingsmay
havebeenadj
ourned,t
heMamlat
darshall
,proc
eedtohearal
ltheevi
denceandshal
l
tr
yfoll
owingiss
uesnamel
y:
-

(aa)I
fthepl
aint
iffaversthatthenatur
alf
lowofsurfac
ewaterf
rom hislandhasbeen
i
mpededbyanyer ec
tionraisedbythedef
endantcausi
ngdamageorlikeli
hoodof
damaget ot
heplainti
ff'
slandortoanygrazi
ng,tr
eesorcr
opsthereon-

(1)whethers
urf
acewat
erfl
owed,i
nadef
inedc
hannelorot
her
wis
enat
ural
lyf
rom
plant
iff
'sl
andontodef
endant
'sl
and:

(2)whetherthedefendanter
ect
edanyi
mpedi
mentt
osuc
hfl
ow.ot
her
wis
ethanunder
dueauthorit
yoflaw;

(3)whet
hersucherec
t i
onimpededs
uchnat
uralf
lowofwat
erwi
thi
nsi
xmont
hs
befor
ethesuitwasfi
led;

(4)whet
hersuchimpedi
menthascausedori
sli
kel
ytoc
aus
edamaget
opl
aint
iff
'sl
and
ortoanygrazi
ng,tr
eesorc
ropsther
eon

(a)I
fthepl
aint
iffaverst
hathehasbeenunl
awf
ull
ydi
spos
edofanypr
oper
tyor
depri
vedofanyus e-

(1)whethertheplai
nti
fforanyper
sononhisbehal
forthroughwhom hec
lai
mswasi
n
possesst
ionorenjoymentoftheproper
tyorus
ec l
aimedupt oanyt
imewi
thi
nsi
x
mont hsbeforet
hes ui
twasfil
ed;

(2)whet
hert
hedef
endantisi
nposses
sionatt
het i
meofthes
uitand,i
fso,whet
her
heobtai
nedpos
ses
sionother
wis
ethanbyduec our
seofl
aw;

(b)i
ftheplainti
ffav
ersthatheisenti
tl
edtopossessti
onofanypr
opertyorres
tor
ati
on
ofanyus ebyreasonofthedeterminat
ionofanytenureorot
herr
ightofthe
defendantinrespectt
hereof
-

(1)whet
herthedefendantisinpossessi
onoft
hepr oper
tyori
ntheenj
oymentofthe
usebyarightder
ivedfrom thepl
ainti
fforf
rom anypers
onthr
oughwhom heclai
ms;

(
2)whethers
uchr
ighthasdet
ermi
nedatanyt
imewi
thi
nsi
xmont
hsbef
oret
hes
uit
wasf
il
ed;

(3)whethert
hedefendantisotherthanapersonwhohasbeenaf ormerownerorpar
t
-ownerwithi
naperiodoft wel
veyearsbefor
et hei
nst
itutionofthesui
tofthe
proper
tyorusecl
aimed, andotherthanthelegalr
epr
es entat
iveofs
uchformerowner
orpar
t-owner
;

(c
)Iftheplai
nti
ffaverst
hatheisti
lli
npossessi
onoftheproper
tyori
ntheenj
oyment
oftheuse,butthatthedef
endantdist
urbsorobst
ruc
t s
,orhasatt
emptedt
odist
urb
orobstr
uct,himinhisposses
sionoruse—

(1)whet
hert
heplai
nti
fforanyper
soninhisbehal
fisac
tual
lyi
npos
ses
sionor
enjoy
mentofthepr
opertyorusecl
aimed;

(2)whet
herthedef
endantisdis
trubi
ngor,obs
truc
ting,orhasat
tempt
edt
odi
stur
bor
obstr
uct,hi
minsuchpossess
ionorenjoy
ment;

(3)whet
hersuchdi
stur
banceorobst
ruct
ion,ors
uchatt
empteddi
stur
banceor
obstr
ucti
on,f
irs
tcommencedwithi
nsixmonthsbef
orethes
uitwasfi
led.

Accor
dingtoclaus
e( 2)t
heMamlatdarmay
,af
terduenot
icet
othepart
ies,s
ummon
andexamineasawi t
nessanyper
sonwhohasnotbeensummonedorproduced,

andmaycal
lanydocumemtnotproduced,byeit
heroft
hepar
ties
,wher
ehe
c
onsi
der
sitexpedi
enti
nthei
nter
estsofjust
ice.

Andmay ,
makeaper
sonali
nspec
tionoft
hepr
oper
tyi
ndi
sput
eaf
terduenot
icet
othe
par
ties
.

Heshall,
withoutdelayrec
ordamemorandum af
terhear
ingtheparti
esonthespot,
of
anyr
elevantfactsobser
vedatsuc
hins
pecti
on.Thememor andum s
hallf
orm par
tof
ther
ecordoft hecase.

WheretheMamlatdar
'sf
indi
ngupont
hei
ssuesi
sinf
avouroft
hepl
aint
iff
,hes
hal
l
makesuchor
derasmayr equor
ehimt
omake.

Andwher
ehi
sfi
ndi
ngi
sinf
avouroft
hedef
endant
,hes
hal
ldi
smi
sst
hes
uit
.

Inei
therc
aset
hec
ost
soft
hes
uit
,inc
ludi
ngt
hec
ost
sofex
ecut
ion,s
hal
lfol
lowt
he
deci
si
on.

Ac cordingtos ect
ion20ev eryorderoftheMaml at
dar,whetherforrej
ecti
ngor
returningapl ai
ntorwetherforallowingordis
all
owingac l
aim,shallbeendor
sedby
theMaml atdaront hepl
aintands hal
lbereadoutbyhimi nopenCour tandbri
ef
reasonsf ortheordershallbeplacedbyhim onrecord.

10.Maml
atdar
’sdec
isi
onhowex
ecut
ed.
(sec
tion21)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion21wher
etheMaml
atdar
'sdec
isi
oni
sforr
emov
alofan
i
mpedi
ment

orf
orawar
dingpos
ses
sion

orr
est
oringause,heshal
lgi
veeff
ectbyiss
uingsuc
horder
stothev
il
lageof
fic
ers
,or
t
oanysubordi
nateunderhi
scont
rolorot
herwis
eashet
hinksf
it.

whenadec i
sioni
srecordedbytheMaml at
darforremovaloft
heimpedi
menter r
ected
onanylandorforawardingpossessi
onofanylandther
eisacroponsuchlandwhich
hasbeensownbyoratt heexpenseofthedef
endant,andtheMamlat
darissati
sfi
ed
thati
thasbeensosowni ngoodf ai
th,

t
heMaml
atdarmay
,

andifthedefendantmakesanappl
icat
ionfort
hepurpos
eandfurnis
hessuf
fic
ient
secur
ity,ordeposi
tsi
nCourtasuff
ici
entsum,fort
hepaymentofthecos
tsofthesui
t
,shal
l

passanor ders tayi

ngdel iv
eryofpos ses s
ionofsuc hlandtotheplaint
iffs
eeking
posses
s i
on— ( a)unti
lt heplainti
ffagr eestotaket hec r
opatav al
uati
ont obemade
undertheor dersoft heMaml atdar,acc ordi
ngtot hev al
ueofthec r
opats uchti
me,
i
ncludi
nganyi ns t
alment softheGov ernmentas sessmentwhi c
ht hedefendantmay
havepaidf orthec urrentyearor

(b)wheret
heplai
ntif
fisunwi
ll
ingt
otaket
hecropatsuc
hvaluat
ionuntilaf
tert
he
expi
rati
onofs
uf f
ici
entti
meforthecr
optobegather
edbythedefendant.

Theamountofanyv al
uati
onmadeunderc l
aus
e(a)ofthepr
ovi
sotothissub-sec
tion
shal
lbepaidtothedefendantthr
ought heMamlat
dar,ands
hal
lberecoverabl
efrom
theplai
nti
ffasanar
rearofland-r
evenue.

WheretheMaml at
dar
'sdeci
si
onisforgrant
inganinj
unc t
ion,hes hal
lcauset
hesame
t
obepreparedinthefor
m ofSchedul
edBBorC,ands halldel
iv
erort endert
hes
ame
t
othedefendant,i
fpr
esent
,orifthedef
endantisnotpresent,shalls
endit

t
othev
il
lage-
off
icer
s

ort
oanys
ubor
dinat
eunderhi
scont
rol
,tobes
erv
edupont
hedef
endant
.

Wheret
heMamlatdarawar
dsc ost
s,suc
hcos
ts,togetherwithcos
tsofexecuti
on,s
hal
l
ber
ecover
abl
efr
om thepartyorderedt
obythem asanarrearofl
and-revenue.

Anyper
sondi
sobey
ingani
njunc
tiongr
ant
edunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2)s
hal
lbepuni
shabl
e
unders
ect
ion188oft
heI
ndi
anPenalCode.

Subjecttot hepr ovis

ionsofsec
t i
on23s ub- s
ec tion(2)
,thepartyinf
avourofwhom
theMaml atdarissuesanorderforremov alofani mpedi
mentort hepart
ytowhom the
Maml atdargiv espossessi
onorrestoresaus e,ori nwhos ef
avouraninj
ucti
onis
granted,s hal
lc onti
nuetohavethes urf
ac ewat eruponhi sl
andf l
owunimpededonto
adjacentlandorc onti
nueinpossessi
onorus e,ast hecasemaybe,unti
lotherwi
se
decreedoror dered,orunti
lout
s t
ed,byc ompet entCivi
lCourt

Acc
ordi
ngtos ec
tion23t
her
eshal
lbenoappealf
rom anyor
derpas
sedbya
Mamlat
darunderthi
sAct
.

Butt
heCol
lec
tormayc
allf
orandex
ami
net
her
ecor
dofanys
uitundert
hisAc
t.

Andifheconsi
derst
hatanyproc
eeding,f
indi
ngoror
derinsuchsui
tisil
legalor
i
mpropermay,af
terduenoti
cetotheparti
es,pas
sordernoti
ncons
istentwiththi
s
Act
.

I
nSadas
hivMahadevvBal
kri
shnaWal
imbe2002(
4)Bom.
C.R.

Courtheldthatenti
rest
ruct
ureofMaml at
dar’
sCourt
'sActshowsthatprov
isi
onsof
C.
P.C.aretogovernproc
edurewhicharegover
nedbyMaml atdar
'sCourtAct.
And
Maml at
darsCourtisempoweredtosetasi
deexpateorder

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Modul
e08

TheMahar
asht
raAgr
icul
tur
alLands(
Cei
li
ngonHol
dings
)Ac
t,1961.

Hi
stor
icalBac
kgr
ound/I
ntr
oduc
tion

Agric
ultur
allandi
sthemai nsourc
eofl i
vel
ihoodofpersonsinIndi
a.I
ndian
Constit
uti
onhasadopt edtheconceptofsocialj
usti
ceanddoctri
neofequali
ty.
Thes
e
requi
reStatetoreduc
eunequaldistri
buti
onofl andanddis
tri
buteexceedagri
cul
tur
al
l
andt oneedypeopleforthei
rli
veli
hood.

SecondYearPlanningCommissi
onofIndi
arec
ommenddis
tri
buti
onofsur
plusl
and.
Previ
oustenancylawswerenotuni
for
m andnotc
ontai
nedprov
isi
onsf
orli
mitat
ions
onholdi
ng.

Accor
dingl
yunif
ormlawont hes
ubjectofc
eil
ingonagri
cul
turall
andwasfel
tas
es
senti
altoimposec
eil
ing onholdi
ngagri
cul
turall
andandtoprovi
deequal
di
str
ibut
ionofl
andt
olandl
essper
sons
,smal
lhol
der
set
c.f
orper
sonalc
ult
ivat
ion.

*Obj
ect
sandAppl
ic
ati
onofAc
t.

Maharasht
raAgri
cul
tur
alLands(Ceil
ingonHol
dings)Ac
thasbeenenac
tedby
Legi
sl
atureofMahar
ashtr
awithaview-

i
)t
oimpos
emax
imum c
eil
ing/
li
mitonhol
dingofagr
icul
tur
all
andi
nSt
ate

i
i)
toaquir
eanddi
str
ibut
esur
plus/
exc
essl
andt
olandl
essper
sonsf
orper
sonal
c
ulti
vat
ion.

i
ii
)t
oens
ureequaldi
str
ibut
ionofagr
icul
tur
all
andamongpeas
ant
ryofs
tat
e.

I
nDat
tat
rayGov
indvSt
ateofMahar
asht
raAI
R1975Mh.
L.J
.404

Supr
emeCour tofindi
aheldthatAc
thasc
reat
edar
tif
ici
alconc
eptoff
amilyunitand
aggr
egatedl
andhel dbyeachmemberoff
amil
yuni
tforthepurpos
eofapplyi
ng
l
imit
ati
onsofc ei
li
ngarea.

Ac
tappl
iest
othewhol
etheSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra.

*I
mpor
tantDeni
ti
onsUnderAc
t.(
Sec
tion2)

(
1)“
agr
icul
tur
e”i
ncl
udes
–

(
a)hor
tic
ult
ure,

(
b)t
her
ais
ingofc
rops
,gr
assorgar
denpr
oduc
eors
inghar
e(t
rapabi
spi
nos
a),

(
c)t
heus
ebyanagr
icul
tur
istofl
andhel
dbyhi
m,orpar
tther
eof
,forgr
azi
ng,

(d)theuseofanyland,whet
herornotanappanaget
ori
ceorpaddyl
and,f
ort
he
purposeofrab-manure,

(
e)dai
ryf
armi
ng,

(
f)poul
tryf
armi
ng,

(
g)br
eedi
ngofl
iv
e-s
toc
k,

but
,doesnoti
ncl
udet
hec
utt
ingofwoodonl
y;

I
nN.G.Des
ail
lyvSt
ateofBombay(
1954)
57Bom L.
R.

Cour
thel
dthatagr
icul
tur
emeansanyoper
ati
onwhi
chhass
omet
hing t
odowi
th
l
and,
anyoper
ati
onwhichhel
pslandtoyi
eldi
tsf
rui
tsorc
rops,anyoper
ati
onwhi
ch
i
mprovest
henatur
alpr
oduceoflandmaycomewithi
nexpr
ession.

(
4)“
appoi
ntedday
”meanst
hedayonwhi
cht
hisAc
tcomesi
ntof
orc
e;

(
5)“
clas
sofl
and”meansl
andf
all
i
ngunderanyoneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngc
ategor
ies–

(
a)l
andwit
hanassur
edsuppl
yofwat
erf
ori
rri
gat
ionandc
apabl
eofy
iel
dingatl
eas
t
t
woc r
opsi
nayear
,thati
stosay
,–

(i
)landir
rigat
eds easonal
lyaswellasperenniall
ybyfl
owirr
igat
ionfrom anysour
c e
constr
uctedormai ntai
nedbyt heStateGov ernmentorbyanyZil
laPar
ishadorfrom
anyothernaturalsourceofwater;or

(i
i)
landir
rigat
edper ennial
lybyaGovernmentownedandmanagedli
ftf
rom anys
ourc
e
constr
uctedormai ntai
nedbyt heStat
eGov er
nmentorbyanyZi
ll
aPari
shadorfr
om
anyothernaturals
our ceofwater;

(
b)l
and( ot
herthanlandfall
ingi
nc l
ause(c)
)whichhasnoassuredper
enni
als
upplyof
wat
erforirr
igat
ion,buthasanassuredsupplyofwat
erforonlyonecr
opinayear,
l
andir
rigat
ed–

(
i)
seasonal
lybyf
lowi
rri
gati
onfrom anys
our
c econstr
uctedormai
ntai
nedbytheStat
e
Gover
nmentorbyanyZil
laPar
ishadorfr
om anyothernatur
als
ourceofwat
er;or

(
ii
)perenniall
ybyalif
t(otherthanali
ftref
err
edt
oinitem (
ii
)ofc
laus
e(a))f
rom any
s
ourcec onstruc
tedormai nt
ainedbytheStat
eGover
nmentorbyanyZil
laPari
shador
f
rom anyot hernat
uralsourceofwater;or

(i
ii
)perennial
lyfr
om apr ivat
ely-ownedwel lsi
tuat
edonl andwi thi
ntheir
rigable
commandofanyi rr
igationproject,ori
nt hebedofar i
v er,s
tream ornat
uralcoll
ect
ion
ofwaterordr ai
nagec hannel(beingariver,st
ream,naturalcoll
ect
ionofwat eror
drai
nagec hannelwhichi saperennials
our ceofwater
);

(c)
landi r
rigatedseasonal
lybyf l
owirri
gati
onf r
om anysourcec onst
ructedor
maint ai
nedbyt heStateGovernmentorbyanyZi l
laPari
shadorf rom anyot hernatur
al
sour c
eofwat erwithunassuredwatersupply
,thatis
,wheres upplyi
sgiv enunder
wat ersanc t
ions,whicharetemporary,orwheresuchsancti
onsar eregulatedont he
basisofav ail
abili
tyofwaterinthestorage;

(
d)dr
ycr
opl
and,t
hati
stos
ay,l
and
ot
hert
hanl
andf
all
ingunders
ub-
claus
e(a)
,(b)
,or(
c)oft
hisc
laus
e

si
tuatedintheBombaySuburbanDist
ric
tandDist
ric
tsofThana,Kol
aba,Rat
nagiriand
BhandaraandintheBrahmapuri
,Gadchi
rol
iandSi
ronchaTal
ukasoftheChandrapur
Dist
rict

andwhi
chisunderpaddycul
ti
vat
ionforacont
inuousper
iodoft
hreey
ear
s
i
mmediat
elyprec
edingthecommencementdate;

(
e)dr
ycr
opl
and,t
hati
stos
ay,l
andot
hert
hanl
andf
all
ingunders
ub-
claus
e(a)
,(b)
,

(
c)or(
d)oft
hisc
laus
e.

l
andwhi
chi
sir
rigat
edf
rom anys
our
ceofi
rri
gat
ions
pec
ifi
edi
nsub-
claus
e(a)
,(
b)or(
c)

andwhic
hwasus edf orhor
tic
ult
ure(
otherthant
helandusedf
orgr
owingofcoc
onut,
arec
anut
,bananas,guavaorforvi
ney
ards)onorbef
orethe26t
hdayofSept
ember,
1970

shal
lbedeemedt
obel
andf
all
ingunders
ub-
claus
e(e)unt
ilt
he4t
hdayofAugus
t,
1979;

l
andwhichisi
rri
gat
edfrom anysourceofir
rigat
ionspeci
fi
edi
nsub-
claus
e(b)s
hal
l
notbedeemedtobelandfall
ingunderthesaidsub-
claus
e(b)

i
ftheirr
igat
ioni
sprovi
dedbyapri
vat
elifti
rri
gat
ionwor koper
atedbydi
eselor
el
ectr
icpoweroroper
atedbybot
hmet hodsandc ons
truct
edaftert
he15thdayof
August1972.

(
8)“
toc
ult
ivat
e”wi
thi
tsgr
ammat
icalv
ari
ati
onsandc
ognat
eex
pres
sions
,

meanstotil
lorhusbandl
andforthepur
pos
eofrai
si
ngori mpr
ovi
ngagri
cult
ural
pr
oduce,whetherbymanuall
abourorwi
tht
heus
eofc at
tleorbymac
hinery
,

ort
ocar
ryonanyagr
icul
tur
aloper
ati
ont
her
eon.

(
9)“
toc
ult
ivat
eper
sonal
ly
”meanst
ocul
ti
vat
elandonaper
son’
sownac
count
–

(
i)
byhi
sownl
abour
,or

(
ii
)byt
hel
abourofanymemberofhi
sfami
ly
,or
(
ii
i)byhiredlabour
,orbyservantsonwages,payabl
eincas
horkind(
butnotinc
rop
s
har e)underthepers
onalsuperv
isi
onofhimselforanymemberofhi
sfamil
y;

Expl
anati
onI.–Aper
sonunderdi
sabi
li
tyshal
lbedeemedt
ocul
ti
vat
eper
sonal
ly
,ifhe
cul
ti
vatesthr
oughhisser
vant
s,orbyhir
edlabour;

Expl
anat
ionII.
–Inthecaseofjoi
ntf
amil
y,l
andshal
lbedeemedtobec
ult
ivat
ed
pers
onal
ly,i
fitiss
oc ul
ti
vatedbyanymemberofsuchfami
ly;

(11)
“famil
y”i
nc l
udes,aHi
nduundi
videdf
amil
y,andi
nthecaseofotherpers
ons,
a
grouporunitthemember sofwhi
chbycust
om orus
age,ar
ejoi
ntinestateor
possessi
onorresidence;

(
11A)
“fami
lyuni
t”meansaf
ami
lyuni
tasex
plai
nedi
nsec
tion4

(13)“
fragment”hasthemeani
ngassi
gnedtoi
tinsect
ion2oftheBombayPr
event
ion
Bom.ofFr agmentat
ionandCons
oli
dati
onofHoldi
ngsAct
,1947

(14)“
toholdland”,withi
tsgrammatic
alvar
iat
ionsandcognat
eexpres
sions,meansto
belawful
l
yinac tualposs
essi
onoflandasownerorastenant;and“
holding”shal
lbe
constr
uedacordingly

(16)
“l
and”meansl
andwhic
hisus
ed,orc
apabl
eofbei
ngus
ed,f
orpur
pos
esof
agri
cul
utr
e,andi
ncl
udes
–

(
a)t
hes
itesoff
arm bui
ldi
ngson,orappur
tenantt
osuc
hland;

(
b)l
andonwhi
chgr
assgr
owsnat
ural
ly;

(
c)t
reesands
tandi
ngc
ropsons
uchl
and;

(d)
canals,
channel
s,wel
ls
,pi
pesorr
eser
voi
rsorot
herworksconst
ruc
tedor
maintai
nedons uc
hlandoft
hesuppl
yorst
orageofwat
erforthepur
poseof
agri
cult
ure;

(
e)drainage-works,embankment s,bandhar
asoranyotherworksappurt
enanttosuc
h
l
and,orc onstr
uctedormaintainedt her
eonfort
hepurposesofagri
cult
ure;andal
l
s
tructuresandper manentfi
xturesons uchl
and;
]
(17)“l
andl
es sperson”meansapersonwhodoesnothol danyl andorwhohol dsland
forthepurposeofagr i
cult
urenoti
nex ces
sofonehectareofdr ycropland(or
i
r r
igat
edlandpr oporti
onatel
yconv
ertedinthemannerprovidedins ec
tion5)and
earnshisl
iveli
hoodpr i
nci
pall
ybymanuallabouronagri
cult
urallandineithercas
e

(21)
“owner”
,inrelat
iont
oanyland,i
ncl
udest
heper
sonhol
dingt
hel
andasoc
cupant
,
orsuper
iorholderasdef
inedi
ntheCode

orasl
ess
eeofGover
nment
,amor
tgagee-
in-
pos
ses
sion,andaper
sonhol
dingl
andf
or
hi
smaint
enanc
e;

(
23)“
per
sonunderdi
sabi
li
ty”means
–

(
a)awi
dow,or

(
b)ami
nor
,or

(
c)awoman,whoi sunmarri
ed,orwhoifmarr
iedi
sdi
vorcedorjudi
ci
all
ysepar
ated
fr
om herhusband,orwhosehusbandisaper
sonwhoisaserv
ingmemberoft he
ArmedForcesorfall
sunderi
tem (
d),or

(
d)apersonwhobyr eas
onofs omement alorphy
sicaldi
sabil
it
yisincapabl
eof
cul
ti
vat
inglandei
therbypersonall
abourorundersupervi
sion,andincl
udesaser
ving
memberoft heAr
medFor ces
;

-
---
---
---
--

*Cei
li
ngonHol
dingofl
and.

Ac
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ng i
mpor
tantpr
ovi
si
ons-

1.
Prohi
bit
iononhol
dingl
andi
nex
ces
sofc
eil
ingar
eaandar
eaofc
eil
ingt
osur
plus
l
ands(s
ecti
on3)

Accordingtosect
ion3nopersonorfamil
yuni
ts hall
,af
terthec
omencementdat
e,
holdl
andi nex
c es
softhecei
li
ngarea,asi
ndeter
mi nedinthemannerpr
ovi
dedinthi
s
provi
sion.

Ac
cor
dingt
ocl
aus
e2al
llandhel
dbyaper
son,
oraf
ami
lyuni
t

whet
heri
nthi
sSt
ateoranyot
herpar
tofI
ndi
a

i
nex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ingar
ea

s
hal
lbedeemedt
obes
urpl
usl
andands
hal
lbedeal
tint
hatmannerpr
ovi
ded
her
einaf
ter
.

I
ndet
ermi
nings
urpl
usl
andf
rom t
hehol
dingofaper
son,ofaf
ami
lyuni
t,

thefactt
hatthepersonoranymemberoft hef amilyunithasdied(
onoraft
er
commenc ementdateoranydatesubsequentt ot hedateonwhi cht
heholdi
ng
exceedsthecei
li
ngarea,butbef
orethedeclarationofs urpl
uslandi
smadeinres
pec
t
ofthatholdi
ng)

shal
lbeignor
ed;andac
cordi
ngl
y,t
hesurpl
usl
andshal
lbedet
ermi
nedasi
fthat
per
son,t
hememberofaf ami
lyuni
thadnotdi
ed.

Explanati
on.–Incalc
ulati
ngt hecei
li
ngareatobehel dinthisStat
e,anddetermi
ning
surpluslandt heareaofl and inanyotherpartofIndia(bei
nglandwhichapersonor
familyunitisent
itl
edt oholdinsuchotherpartofIndiaunderanylawrel
atingt
o
cei
lingonl and)shal
lbet akenint
oc ons
ider
ati
on.

Onl
ylandhel
dint
hisSt
atemaybedec
lar
edass
urpl
us.

(
3)Wher
eanyl
and–

(
a)i
shel
dbyaf
ami
lyofwhi
chaper
soni
samember
,

(
b)i
shel
dinoroper
atedbyac
o-oper
ati
ves
oci
etyofwhi
chaper
soni
samember
,

andthehol dingofs uchpersonorofaf amilyunitofwhichsuchpersonisamember

i
ncludingtheex tentofshareofs uc
hper son,ifany,i
nthelandanswer i
ngtoanyofthe
descri
pti
onsi nc l
auses(a)
,(b),(
c)or(d)aboveex ceedsthecei
li
ngareaonorbef or
e
thecommenc ementdat eoronanydat ether eaft
er(her
einaf
terref
erredtoasthe
rel
evantdat e),

thenf
orthepurposeofdeter
mini
ngthecei
li
ngar
eaandthesurpl
uslandinres
pectof
t
hatholdi
ng,t
heshareofsuchper
sonint
helandafor
esai
dshal
lbecalcul
atedi
nthe
f
oll
owingmanner:–

(
i)inthelandheldbyafamilyofwhichthepersoni samember ,t
heshareofeach
memberoft hef ami
lys
hallbedeterminedsothateac hmemberwhoi senti
tl
edtoa
shareonparti
ti
on,shal
lbet akent
obehol di
ngs eparatel
ylandtotheext
entofhis
share,asi
fthelandhadbeens odivi
dedands eparatel
yheldontherel
eventdat
e;

(i
i)i
nthelandhel
dinoroperatedbyaco-
operat
ivesoci
etyorhel
djoint
lywithother
s
orheldbyafir
m,theshareoftheper
sonshal
lbetakentobetheextentoflandsuch
personwouldhol
dinproport
ionofhi
ssharei
nthec o-
operat
ivesoc
iety,orhi
sshare
i
nthej
ointhol
dingorhisshar
easpartnerinthefi
rm,asi
fthel
andhadbeens
o
di
vi
dedandseparat
elyhel
dont her
eleventdate.

Nolands
hallbet
akenint
oc ons
ider
ati
onmoret
hanonceincal
cul
ati
ngt
hec
eil
ingar
ea
fort
heholdi
ngofanypers
on,orasthecas
emaybe,off
amil
yunit
.

Shankarr
aovSt at
eofMahar ashtr
a1980Mah. LJ.i
suni
quecasewher
einc
our
t
di
scussedsec
tion3(2)ofpr
es entActanddoc
trineofpr
ecedent
.

Inthiscas
ef ullbenc
hofBombayHi
ghCourthel
dthatpor
tionofsect
ion3(2)isext
ra
terr
itor
ial
unitsoperati
onandi
sunl
awf
ulandi
noper
ativ
eandbey ondcompetenceof
StateLegi
slature.

2.
Landhel
dbyf
ami
lyuni
t (
Sec
tion4)

Alll
andheldbyeac
hmemberofafamilyunit
,whetherj
ointl
yorsepar
atel
ys hal
l,f
or
thepurpos
esofdeter
mini
ngt
heceil
ingarea,bedeemedt obeheldbyfamil
yunit.

A“
fami
lyuni
t”means
,–

(a)aper
sonandhisspouse(ormor
ethanones
pous
e)andt
hei
rmi
nors
onsandmi
nor
unmarri
eddaught
ers
,ifany;or

(
b)whereanyspouseisdead,t
hes
urv
ivi
ngs
pous
eors
pous
es,andt
hemi
nors
onsand
minorunmarr
ieddaughters
;or

(c
)wheret
hespous
esar
edead,t
hemi
nors
onsandmi
norunmar
rieddaught
ersofs
uch
deceas
edspous
es.

Cl
aus
e(2)s
tat
est
hat
-

alldecl
arat
ionsofdi
ssol
uti
onofmar
riagemadebyaCour
taf
tert
he26t
hdayof
September,1970,

andal
ldi
ssol
uti
onsofmar
riagebyc
ust
om,ordul
ymade,pr
onounc
edordec
lar
edon
oraf
tert
hatdate

s
hall
,forthepur
pos
esofdet
ermi
ningt
hec
eil
ingar
eat
obehel
dbyaf
ami
lyuni
t,be
i
gnored;

andacc
ordi
ngly,thel
andhel
dbyeachs pous
eshal
lbet
akeni
ntoc
ons
ider
ati
onf
or
t
hatpur
pose,asifnodis
sol
uti
onhadtakenplac
e.
But
,ifaproc
eedingfordi
ssol
uti
onofmar
riagehasc
ommenc
edbef
oreanyCour
t
bef
oretheafor
esai
ddate

,t
henthedis
s ol
uti
onofmarri
ageshal
lhav
eful
lef
fec
t(whet
hert
hemar
riagei
s
di
ssol
vedbeforeoraf
tert
hatdate)
,

ands
hal
lbet
akeni
ntoc
ons
ider
ati
oni
ndet
ermi
ningt
hec
eil
ingar
eaoff
ami
lyuni
t.

3.
Cei
li
ngAr
ea(
sec
tion5)

(
1)I
neachofthedist
ric
tsandtal
ukass
pecif
iedi
ncolumn1oft
heFi
rstSc
hedul
e,f
or
c
lassofl
anddesc
ribedincol
umns2,3,4,5and6thereof
,

thecei
li
ngareashal
lbet
hear
eament
ionedundereac
hsuc
hcl
assofl
andagai
nsts
uch
dis
tri
ctort
aluka.

(
2)Ifapers
on,oraf
ami
lyuni
t,holdsl
andofonlyoneclas
s,t
hec
eil
ingar
eaf
orhi
sor
i
tsholdi
ngshal
lbet
hec
eil
ingareaforthatc
las
sofland.

(
3)Wher
eaper
sonoraf
ami
lyuni
thol
dsdi
ffer
rentc
las
sesofl
and,t
hen,

f
orc
alc
ulat
ingwhet
hert
hehol
dingi
sequalt
oori
nex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ingar
ea,

t
het
otalar
eaoft
hehol
dings
hal
lbec
alc
ulat
edi
nthef
oll
owi
ngmanner:
–

Theareaofeachcl
assoflandf
all
i
ngundersub-
clauses(
a),(
b)or(c)ofcl
aus
e(5)of
sec
tion2shallbec
onvert
edintodryc
roplandf
all
ingundersub-
clause(
d)

ors
ub-
claus
e(e)ofc
laus
e(5)oft
hes
ect
ion

ont
hebasi
softhepropor
tionwhi
chthecei
li
ngareafort
heclas
sofl
andt
obe
c
onv
ert
ed,bear
stothecei
li
ngareafordr
ycropl
and,afor
esai
d.

Whereaper
sonorfami
lyuni
tholdsdr
ycropl
andfal
li
ngundersub-cl
auses(
d)and(e)
ofc
laus
e(5)
,thent
heconver
sionshal
lbemadei
ntolandf
all
ingundersub-c
laus
e(e).

Iftheareaintermsofdrycroplands oarr
ivedat
,togetherwi
ththeareaofsuchdry
cropland,i
fany,inhisorit
sholding,i
sequaltotheceil
ingar
eafordrycropl
andfal
li
ng
unders ub-
claus
e(d),orasthecasemaybe,s ub-cl
ause(e)
,af
oresai
d,thehol
dingshal
l
bedeemedt obeequaltotheceil
ingarea.

Ifitexc
eedst
hec
eil
ingar
ea,t
hehol
dings
hal
lbedeemedt
obei
nex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ing
area.

4.
Landhel
dinex
ces
sofc
eil
ingdeemedt
obewi
thi
ncei
li
ngar
ea(
sec
tion6)
Ac c
ordingt osecti
on6wher eafamil
yuni t,cons i
stsofmember swhi chex ceedf i
vei n
number ,theLandsheldf amilyuni
tshallbeent itl
edt oholdl
andex c
eedingt hec eil
ing
areatot heextentofone-f i
fthoftheceili
ngar eaforeachmemberi nexces soff i
ve,so
howev erthatthetotaldeemedt oholdi
ngs hallnotex c
eedtwicet hec ei
li
ngar ea,and
i
ns uchc ase,i
nr el
ati
ontot hebewi t
hinc eil
ingar eaholdi
ngofs uchf amil
yuni t,such
areashallbedeemedt obet hecei
li
ngar eainc ertai
nc i
rcumst
anc es.

5.
Per
sonshol
dingbot
hex
empt
edl
andandot
herl
and(
Sec
tion7)

wher
eapersonorf
amil
yunithol
dsbot
hex
empt
edl
andandot
herl
and(
thati
sland
whi
chisnotex
emptedl
and)then

(a)i
ftheareaofexemptedl
andi
slessthanthecei
li
ngarea,heori
tshal
lbeenti
tledto
holdsomuc honlyofot
herl
andastogetherwit
htheareaofexemptedl
and,equals
theceil
ingar
ea

andinsuc
hc as
e,i
nrel
ati
ontotheholdi
ngoft
hatper
son,orf
ami
lyuni
t,s
uchar
ea
shal
lbedeemedtobethecei
li
ngarea;

(b)
inanyot
hercas
e,heori
tshal
lnotbeent
itl
edt
ohol
danyl
andwhi
chi
snot
exemptedl
and.

-
---
---
---

Res
tri
cti
onOnTr
ans
fer
sandAqui
si
ti
onAndc
oneqenc
es(
sec
tion8-
11)

Maharashtr
aAgri
cult
ur alLands(
Cei
li
ngonHoldi
ngs)Actpr
ohi
bit
stransf
erand
aqui
si
tionofsur
plusland.Foll
owi
ngarepr
ovi
si
onsrel
ati
ngtopr
ohibi
tionoftr
ansf
er
andaquisi
ti
on-

1.
Res
tri
cti
ononTr
ans
fer
(sec
tion8)

Whereaper
son,orafamilyuni
thol
dsl
andi
nex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ingar
ea,
onoraf
ter
t
hecommencementdate,

suc
hperson,ormemberofthefamil
yuni
tshal
lnott
rans
feranyl
and,unt
ilt
hel
andi
n
exc
essofthecei
li
ngar
eaisdet
erminedundert
hisAc
t.

Explanat
ion.
–transf
ermeanst r
ansfer,whetherbywayofs ale,gi
ft,mortgagewith
possessi
on,exchange,l
ease,as
signmentofl andformaintenance,sur
renderofa
tenancyorresumptionoflandbyal andl
ordoranyot herdisposi
ti
on,whet herbyactof
parti
esmadei ntervi
vosorbydec r
eeoror derofac our
t,tri
bunalorauthorit
y.
(
exc
eptwheresuchdec r
eeororderi
spassedinaproceedi
ngwhichi
sinst
itut
edi
n
s
uchcour
t,t
ribunalorbefor
esuchauthor
itybef
orethe26thdayofSept
ember1970)
,

Butdoesnoti
ncl
ude-

trans
ferbywayofsal
eorother
wiseoflandfort
her
ecov
eryofl
andr
evenueorf
or
s
umsr ecover
abl
easarr
ear
soflandrevenue,

orac
qui
si
ti
onofl
andf
orapubl
icpur
pos
eunderanyl
awf
ort
het
imebei
ngi
nfor
ce.

I
nSuhasPr
alhadvSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra2007(
4)Al
l.
MR.

Courtheldthatbanontrans
ferundersect
ion8i
sabsol
uteandpur
chas
erc
annot
aqui
rerightbysalewhi
chv iol
atessec
tion8ofAct
.

2.
Res
tri
cti
ononaqui
si
ti
onofl
andi
nex
ces
sofc
eil
ingar
ea(
sec
tion9)

Pers
onoramemberofafamilyuni
tshal
lnotaqui
rebyt
rans
feranyl
andi
fheort
he
famil
yuni
tal
readyhol
dsl
and

inexcessofthecei
li
ngareaorl
andwhi
cht ogetherwithanyofl
andinotherland
al
readyheldbysuchper
son,ort
hefami
lyunit,wil
lexc
eedinthetot
altheceil
ingarea.

5.
Cons
equenc
esofc
ert
aint
rans
fer
sandaqui
si
ti
onsofl
and(
sec
tion10)

Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion10

a)anypers
onorf amil
yuni
taf
ter26Sept
ember1970butbef
orec
ommenc
ementof
dat
etrans
fersanyland

i
nant
ici
pat
ionofori
nor
dert
oav
oidordef
eatt
heobj
ectoft
heAmendi
ngAc
t,1972,
or

(
b)anyl
andi
str
ans
fer
redi
ncont
rav
ent
ionofs
ect
ion8,

thenincal
culat
ingt
hec ei
li
ngar
eawhi
cht
hatper
son,orast
hec
asemaybe,t
hef
ami
ly
unit
,isent
itl
edtohold,

thelands ot
ransf
err
eds hallbetakenint
oconsi
derat
ion,andthelandexceedingthe
cei
lingareasocal
cul
ateds hallbedeemedtobeinexcessoftheceil
ingar
eaf orthat
holding.

If,byr
easonofsuc
htransf
er,thehol
dingofaperson,
oft
hef
ami
lyuni
tisl
esst
hant
he
areasocalc
ulat
edtobeinexcessoft
hec ei
li
ngar
ea,
t
henal
lthelandoftheper
son,orast
hec
asemaybe,t
hef
ami
lyuni
tshal
lbedeemed
t
obesurpl
usland;

andoutoft
helandsotrans
ferr
edandinposs
ess
ionoft het
r ans
fer
eeunl
esssuchland
i
sli
ablet
oforf
eit
ureundertheprov
isi
onsofs
ub-sec
tion(3)
landtotheex
tentofsuch
def
ici
encys
hal
l,

s
ubj
ectt
orul
esmadei
nthatbehal
f,

al
sobedeemedtobes
ur pl
usland,notwit
hstandi
ngt
hatt
hehol
dingoft
het
rans
fer
ee
maynoti
nfactbei
nexcessofthec ei
li
ngarea.

Alltr
ansfersmadeaf t
erthe26thdayofSeptember1970butbefor
ethe
commenc ementdate,shal
lbedeemed(unl
essthecontr
aryi
sproved)t
ohavebeen
madei nantic
ipat
ionofori nor
dertoavoi
dordefeattheobj
ectoftheAmendment
Act,1972.

Expl
anati
on.–Forthepurpos
esoft hissub-s
ection,atransf
ershallnotber egardedas
madeonorbef ore26thSeptember1970i fthedoc umentev i
denceingt hetransf
eri
s
notregi
ster
edonorbef orethatdateorwher eitisregi
ster
edaftert hatdate,iti
snot
pres
entedforregi
s t
rat
iononorbef orethesaiddate.

(
2)I
fanylandispossessedonoraft
erthecommenc ementdat
ebyaper s
on,orasthe
c
asemaybe,af amil
yunitinex
cessofthecei
li
ngarea,ori
fasaresul
tofacqui
si
ti
on
(
bytes
tamentarydispos
iti
onordevolut
ionondeat
horbyoper at
ionofl
aw)ofany
l
andonorafterthatdat
e,

thet
otalareaoflandhel
dbyanypers
on,orasthecasemaybe,af
ami
lyuni
t,ex
ceeds
t
heceil
ingarea,t
helandsoi
nexcessshal
lbesur
plusl
and.

(3)
Wher el
andisacquiredinwil
fulcontr
av enti
onofs ec
tion9,t henasapenalt
y
theref
or,t
heright
,ti
tleandinteres
toft heperson,orast hec asemaybe,thefamily
unitoranymembert hereofi
nt hel
ands oac quir
edorobt aineds hal
lbef
orfei
ted,and
shallv
estwit
houtanyf urt
herassuranc
ei ntheSt at
eGov ernment .

Pr
ov i
dedthat,wheresuc hlandisburdenedwithanenc umbr ance,theCol l
ec t
ormay,
af
terholdingsuchinquiryashet hi
nksfitandaft
erhearingt hehol derandt heper
son
i
nwhos ef
avourtheenc umbr anc
eismadebyhi m,directt hatt heright,ti
tleand
i
nterestoftheholderi
ns omeotherlandoftheholderequali nextentt otheland
acquir
edinwilf
ulcontraventionofsecti
on9,shallbeforfeitedt oGov ernment .
I
nDadaRaovSt
ateofMahar
asht
ra1969Mah.
L.J
.813

Courthel
dt hati
nc alc
ulat
ingcei
li
ngareatheareat
ransf
err
edorpar
titi
onedshal
lbe
takeni
nt oconsi
der at
ionandandlandexc
eedingthecei
li
ngar
eashallbedeemedto
beinexcessofceil
ingarea.

6.
Res
tri
cti
ononpar
tit
ion(
sec
tion11)

Accor
dingtos
ecti
on11 wher
eanyl
andhel
dbyaf
ami
lyi
spar
tit
ionedaf
tert
he26t
h
dayofSept
ember1970

thepar
tit
ionsomades hallbedeemed(
unles
sthecontr
aryi
sproved)t
ohavebeen
madeinantici
pati
onofori nordert
oav
oidordef
eattheobj
ectoftheAmendi
ngAc t,
andshal
laccordi
nglybeignored.

Andanylandcover
edbysuchpart
iti
ons
hal
l,f
ort
hepur
pos
esoft
hisAc
t,bedeemed
tobethelandhel
dbythefami
ly

Andtheextentofs
har
eofeachpers
onint hel
andhel
dbythefamil
yshal
lbetaken
i
ntocons
iderat
ionf
orcal
cul
ati
ngt
hec ei
li
ngareai
naccor
dancewit
htheprovi
sionsof
s
ecti
on3.

(
a)anyper
sonoramemberofaf
ami
lyuni
t,af
tert
he26t
hdayofSept
ember1970

Cons
equenc
esofc
ert
ain

butbeforethec
ommenc ementdat
e,t
rans
fer
sanyl
andi
nant
ici
pat
ionofori
nor
der
tr
ansfersandacqui
si
ti
onsofl
and.

Accor
dingtosec
tion11-
A.Ifanyl
andheldbyaperson,orfami
lyuni
tisconverted
i
ntoanyclas
soflanddescr
ibedi
nsub-
claus
e(a)
,(b)or(c)ofcl
ause(
5)ofsec
t i
on2,

andthehol di
ngofthepers
onort hefamil
yunitexceedst heceil
ingar
ea,thel
andsoin
exces
ss hal
lbedeemedt obesurplusl
andwitheff
ec tfr
om t hedateofconvers
ionand
acc
ordinglythef
oregoi
ngpr ov
isi
onsofthisChapt
ers hallapplytothehol
ding.

-
---
---
--

Sur
plusLand

Mahar
asht
raAgri
cul
turalLands(Cei
li
ngonHol di
ngs)Ac
tprohibi
tshol
dingoflandi
n
ex
cessofcei
li
ngl
imi
t.Surplusl
andisfordi
str
ibuti
ontol
andl
esspers
ons.Actl
ays
downf
oll
owi
ng pr
ovi
si
ons:

1.Submi
ssi
onofRet
urns
(Sec
tion12)

I
fanyper
sonorf
ami
lyuni
t-

(
a)hasatanyt
imeaftert
he26thdayofSept
ember1970butbef
oret
heSubmi
ssi
on
c
ommenc ementdat
eheld,or

(
b)onoraf
terthecommencementdateacquir
es,hol
dorc omesint
opos
ses
sionof
,any
l
and(i
ncl
udinganyexempt
edland)
,inexc
es softhecei
li
ngarea,or

(
b)whos
elandi
sconv
ert
edi
ntoanot
herc
las
sofl
andi
nthec
irc
ums
tanc
esdes
cri
bedi
n
s
ecti
on11-A

(
c)t
her
ebyc
aus
inghi
sori
tshol
dingt
oex
ceedt
hec
eil
ingar
ea,t
hen,
–

(
i)i
nthec
aseundersub-
claus
e(a)ofc
laus
e(1)
,wi
thi
nonemont
hfr
om
c
ommencementdateand

(
ii
)inthec
aseundersub-
claus
e(b)ofcl
aus
e( 1)
,wi t
hinonemonthf
rom t
hedat
eof
t
akingposs
ess
ionofanylandinexc
essoftheceil
ingarea,and

(
iv)i
nthecaseundersub-cl
aus
e(b)ofclaus
e(2)
,wi
thi
nthreemont
hsf
rom t
hedat
eof
s
uc hconv
ers
ion(bei
ngt hedat
enoti
fiedunders
ect
ion11-
A)

heoranymemberoft hef amilyunitsshallf

urnis
ht oeac hoftheCollectorswit hi
n
whos ej
uri
sdic
t i
onanyl andi nhishol di
ngort hehol di
ngoft hef amil
yuni ti
ss ituatea
ret
urn,i
nt heform prescribed,cont ai
ningthepar t
icularsofalll
andhel dbyhi m orby
thefamil
yunit.Wher eaper sonoramemberofaf ami l
yunitholdsas hareint heland
hel
dbyaf amily,thereturns hallalsocontai
ninformat ionregardingthet otalnumber
ofmember soft hefamily,theex tentoflandfall
ingt ot heshareofeac hoft he

PowerofCol
lec
tort
ohol
dinqui
ry(
sec
tion13)

TheCol
lec
torshal
l,holdinquirywhet
herareturnhadbeenfil
edornot,s
uomotoor
onthebasi
softhereturnssubmitt
edtohim holdanenqui
ryinres
pectofev
ery
per
sonorfami
lyunitholdinglandi
nexces
soft hecei
li
ngarea,

andshal
l,subj
ecttotheprov
isi
onsoft
hisChapt
er,det
ermi
net
hes
urpl
usl
andhel
dby
suchper
s onorfamil
yunit
.

Wher
eapersonorfami
lyuni
thol
dslandintwoormoretal
ukasoft
hesamedi
str
ict
,
t
heenqui
rys
hallbehel
dbysuchoff
iceroraut
hor
ityex
erci
si
ngthepower
soft
he
Col
lect
orwhom t
heCol
lec
tor
-in-
char
geoft
hedi
str
ictmaybyor
deri
nwr
iti
ng
des
ignate.

Wher eapersonorfami
lyuni
thol
dslandintwomoredi
str
ict
softhesamedivi
si
on,
theenquiryshal
lbehel
dbytheColl
ectorwhom t
heCommissi
onermay,byor
derin
writ
ing,desi
gnate.

(Wher
eapersonorfami
lyuni
thol
dslandsi
ndi
ffer
entdi
vi
si
ons,t
heenquir
yshall
be
hel
dbytheColl
ect
orwhom theSt
ateGover
nmentmay,byor
derinwr
iti
ng,des
ignat
e.

(
4A)
Wher
eaper
sonhol
dingl
andi
nani
ndus
tri
alunder
taki
ng,

theenquirymaybehel
dbyt
heCol
l
ect
orwhom t
heSt
ateGov
ernmentmay
,byor
deri
n
writ
ing,desi
gnat
e.

TheColl
ect
orsodes i
gnat
ed,shal
lfort
hepurpos
esoft
heenqui
ry,bec
ompet entt
o
exer
cis
ejur
isdi
cti
onunderthi
sAc tinr
espec
tofsuc
hpers
on6[orfami
lyuni
t]andthe
l
andsheldbyhim ori
t.

Div
isi
onofSur
veyNumberors
ub-
div
isi
oni
ndet
ermi
ningar
eaofs
urpl
usl
and(
Sec
tion
15)

Where,i
ndel
imi
ti
ngtheactualareaofsurpl
usl
and,asurv
eynumberoraDi
vi
si
onof
s
ub-divi
si
onofasur
veynumber ,i
srequi
redtobedivi
ded,
then

(
a)i
ftheport
ionofsuchs
urv
eynumberorsub-
div
isi
ontobeincl
udedi
nthesur
plus
l
and,i
safragment,t
hewhol
eofsuc
hs ur
veynumberorsub-
div
isi
onshal
lbeex
cluded
f
rom thesur
plusl
and,

(
b)i
ftheporti
onofsuchs urveynumberors
ub-di
vi
siont
obeex c
ludedfrom t
he
s
urplusl
and,i
safragment ,t
hewholeofsuchs
urveynumberorsub-di
vi
s i
onshal
lbe
i
ncl
udedinthesur
plusland,

(
c)i
fondivi
dingsuc
hsur
veynumberors
ub-di
vi
sionint
ot wopart
s,eachparti
sa
f
ragment,t
hewholeofs
uchsurv
eynumberorsub-di
vi
sionshal
lbeinc
ludedinthe
s
urplusl
and,and

(
d)i
nanyot
herc
ase,t
hes
urv
eynumberors
ub-
div
isi
onmaybedi
vi
ded.

Whereanys urv
eynumber ,orsub-
divi
si
onofasur
veynumber,isexc
ludedunder
cl
ause(a)ofsub-sect
ion(
1),thepers
onorfami
lyuni
tholdi
ngitshal
lbeenti
tl
edto
hol
dit,notwit
hstandingt
hathisorit
sholdi
ngexc
eedsthecei
li
ngarea
andac
cor
dingl
y,t
hehol
dings
oret
aineds
hal
lbedeemedt
obet
hec
eil
ingar
ea.

Sel
ect
ionofl
andf
orr
etent
ionofc
eil
ingar
ea(
sec
tion16)

Wher
eaper
sonoraf
ami
lyuni
thol
dsl
andi
nex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ingar
ea

andt
hewhol
eorpar
tofs
uchl
and

(
a)i
ssubj
ectt
oan enc
umbr
anc
e, or

(
b)ans
wer
stot
hedes
cri
pti
onofc
laus
e(bb)ofs
ect
ion18,

t
hen,s
ubj
ectt
othepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ub-
sec
tion(
1)ofs
ect
ion10ands
ect
ion15,

suc
hpersonorthefami
lyunits
hallret
ainsuchl
and(whet
hert
hatl
andi
shel
das
ownerorast
enant)upt
ot heextentofthecei
li
ngar
ea.

Pers
onorfamilyuni
tshal
lbeenti
tl
edtosel
ectt
hel
andsheori
twi
shest
oret
ainwi
th
hi
mselfori
tsel
f,uptothecei
li
ngarea.

Int
hecaseofaf amilyuni
t,wherelandi
shel dbyeachs pouseseparatel
y,theneac h
s
pouseshallsubjecttotheprovi
si
onsofs ub-sect
ion(2),beenti
tledtoselectlandthe
s
pousewishest oretainwi
thhimselforherself
,sothatthelandst oberetainedbear
t
hesamepr oportioninwhichthelandsareheldbyeac hspousebef or
et hedec l
arat
ion.

-
---
---

Pr
ocedur
eofdet
ermi
nings
urpl
usl
and

1.
Not
icet
otheper
sonAf
fec
tedbyenqui
ryunders
ect
ion14.

Accordingtos ection17Col lec t

orshal lcausepubli
cnot i
c e,i
nt hepr escri
bedform,to
begivenatc onveni entpl acesi nthev il
lageorvil
lagesinwhi cht helandc omprisedin
theholdingiss i
tuate,s pecifyingint henot i
cethel andinr espec tofwhi c
henqui r
yis
tobehel dtoas certaint hes urpluslandhel dbytheper sonorf ami lyunitandcalli
ng
uponallpersonsi nteres tedint helandt osubmittotheCol l
ectortheirobject
ions
withi
naper i
odoff i
fteenday sfrom t hedateofpubl i
cationoft henot ic
e.

Whereapubl
icnotic
ehasbeengi venasprov
idedi
nthissub-
sec
tion,thentheholder
andal
lper
sonswhoar eint
erestedint
helandshal
lbedeemedtohav ebeenduly
i
nfor
medofthec ontent
sofs uc
hnot i
ce.

I
finthec
our
seofanyproc
eedi
ngsaquest
ionar
iseswhetheraper
sonwasduly
i
nfor
medofthec
ontent
softhenot
icegi
veninpursuanc
eofthiss
ub-s
ect
ion,the
publi
cati
onofthenot
icei
nthemannerpr
ov i
dedinthiss
ub-sect
ions
hal
lbec
onc
lus
ive
proofthathewassoi
nfor
medofthecontentsofsuchnoti
ce.

TheCollect
orshallser
venoticestothesameef fectonthehol
der,andallot
her
personswhoar eknownorbel i
evedtobei nt
erestedinthel
and,cal
linguponthem to
appearbeforehim per
sonall
yorthroughanagentonadat eandatat imeandplac
e
(suc
hdat enotbeingearl
ierthanfi
fteendays
aftertheis
sueofnotice),
tobest
atedi
n
thenotice.

(
3)Thenot
icesunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2)mayal
soc
allupont
hehol
der
–

(
a)t
ost
ateanyobj
ect
ionsors
ugges
tionst
othepar
tic
ular
sgi
veni
nthenot
ice;

(
b)t
oshowc
aus
e,wher
enec
ess
ary
,why
,–

(i
)anyl andtransfer
rredincontrav ent i
onoft heprovis
ionsofsecti
on8,oranyl and
transferredduringtheper i
ods pec i
fiedinclause(a)ofsub-sec
tion(1)ofsect
ion10,or
anyl andpartiti
onedinc ontrav
ent ionoft heprovisi
onsofs ect
ion11,shouldnotbe
takeni ntoconsiderati
oninc al
culatingt heceil
ingarea,asprovi
dedins ub-
secti
on(1)
ofs ection10ors ecti
on11,

(i
i)anylandacqui
redinwi
lfulc
ontr
avent
ionofs
ect
ion9s
houl
dnotbef
orf
eit
ed,
as
providedbysub-sec
tion(
3)ofsec
tion10

(
ii
i)anylandhel
dinexces
softhecei
li
ngareashouldnotbef
orf
eit
edt
otheSt
ate
Governmentasprov
idedbysub-
sect
ion(3)ofsect
ion13,

(
iv)anyl
andr
eferr
edtoi
nsub-s
ec t
ion(2)ofs
ect
ion10ori
nsec
tion11A,hel
dbyhi
m
s
houldnotbedeemedtobesur
plusland

(k)whi
chpar
tic
ularl
andsoutoft
het
otall
andhel
dbyt
hehol
der
]shoul
dbeent
itl
edas
deli
mit
edassurpl
usland?

(
l)
anyothermat
terwhi
ch,intheopi
nionoftheCollec
tor ,i
sneces
sar
ytobe
c
onsider
edfort
hepurposeofcal
cul
atingt
hec ei
li
ngar ea,anddel
imi
ti
nganys
urpl
us
l
and.

PowerofCol
lec
tort
otor
est
orel
andt
olandl
ordi
ncer
tai
ncas
es(
sec
tion19)

Wher
edur
inganenqui
ryi
ntohol
dingofanyper
son,orast
hec
asemaybe,
fami
lyuni
t
underi
tappear
sthat
-

(
a)t
hewholeoranypar
tofthesur
plusland,del
imi
tedunderthefor
egoi
ngpr
ovi
sions,
r
estor
elandtol
andl
ordishel
dbythatper s
onorfamil
yunitori
sdeemedtobeheldby
t
hatpersonorf
amil
yunitf
rom al
andlord;and

(b)
thel andlordhasar ightofresumpt ionf orpers
onalculti
vati
oni nrespectofthat
l
and( orpar tthereof)underthereleventt enancylawapplicabl
et osuchland,the
Collect
ors hall(
unlesst hatri
ghtissubjec ttoproceedi
ngsins t
itut
edbef or
et he26th
dayofSept ember1970bef oreanyc ourt,tri
bunalorotherauthorityandpendingat
thet i
meofs uchinquiry),rest
orepos sess i
ontothelandlordofs omuc honlyofthe
surplusland,ashei sent i
tl
edt oresume,

andwhichtoget
herwit
hanyotherlandhel
dbyhi
m,orast
hec
asemaybe,t
hef
ami
ly
uni
tshal
lnotexc
eedthecei
li
ngareaunderthi
sAc
t.

Thebal
anc
e,i
fany
,shal
lbedec
lar
edass
urpl
usl
and.

Mannerofc
ons
ider
ingc
lai
m ofl
andl
ord(
Sec
tion20)

Forthepurpos
eofdeci
dingtheex
tentofl
andwhi
chshoul
dber estor
edt
ot he
poss
essionofthel
andl
ordunders
ecti
on19,t
heColl
ect
orshal
liss
ueanotic
ec al
l
ing
uponthelandl
ord,
–

(a)
tostatehisc
lai
mforr
est
orat
ionofpos
ses
sionofs
uchs
urpl
usl
andf
ort
hepur
pos
e
ofthatsecti
on;

(
b)t
os howc
aus
ewhyt
hebal
anc
eofs
uchl
ands
houl
dnotbedeemedt
obes
urpl
us
l
and.

Suchnot
iceshal
lrequirest
helandlor
dtoappearper
sonal
lyorbyagentbefor
ethe
Col
lec
toronthedate,andatt heti
meandplacether
einmenti
oned(suchdatenot
bei
ngearl
iert
hanf i
fteendaysaft
erthei
ssueofthenoti
ce.
)

Onthedat
ef i
xedunders
ub-
sec
tion(
2),oronanyot
herdayorday
stowhi
cht
he
i
nqui
ryi
sadjourned,

theColl
ectorshal
l,aft
erheari
ngthel
andlordorhisagentandanyot
herper
son
i
nter
stedinthesurpluslandandwhoarepresent
,

andaf
terc
ons
ider
inganyev
idenc
eadduc
ed,as
cer
tai
n–

(
a)whet
hert
hel
andl
ordi
sent
itl
edt
ores
tor
ati
onoft
hepos
ses
sionoft
hewhol
eorany
par
tofs
uchs
urpl
usl
and,andi
fso,t
hear
eaandot
herpar
tic
ular
sofs
uchl
and;and

(b)
whetherthebalanceofanys
uchl
ands
hal
lbes
urpl
usl
and,andi
fso,t
heex
tentand
part
icul
arsofsuc
hl and.

Coll
ect
ortomakedecl
arat
ionr
egar
dings
urpl
usl
andandc
ons
equenc
es
ther
eof(
sect
ion21)

Assoonasmaybeaft
ertheColl
ect
orhasconsi
der
edt hematt
ersref
err
edt
oin
sec
tion18andt
hequest
ions
,ifany
,undersub-
sec
tion(3)ofs
ecti
on20,

hes
hal
lmakedec
lar
ati
ons
tat
ingt
her
einhi
sdec
isi
onon

(
a)t
hetotalar
eaofl
andwhi
cht
heper
son1[
orf
ami
lyuni
t]i
sent
itl
edt
ohol
dast
he
c
eil
ingar
ea;

(
b)t
het
otalar
eaofl
andwhi
chi
sinex
ces
soft
hec
eil
ingar
ea;

(
c)t
henameofthelandl
ordt
owhom pos s
essi
onofl
andi
stober
est
oredunder
s
ecti
on19,andar
eaandparti
cul
arsofs
uchland;

(
d)t
hear
ea,des
cri
pti
onandf
ullpar
tic
ular
soft
hel
andwhi
chi
sdel
imi
tedass
urpl
us
l
and;

(
e)theareaand4[par
tic
ular
soflandoutofsurplusl
and,i
nrespectofwhi
cht
heright
,
ti
tl
eandi nt
eres
tofpersonorfamil
yunit
]holdingiti
stobeforfei
tedtot
heStat
e
Government.

TheCol
lect
orshal
lannouncehi
sdeclar
ati
onint
hepres
enc
eoft hehol
derandot
her
per
sonsint
eres
tedwhoar epr
esentattheti
meofs
uchdecl
arat
ion.

Af t
eradec l
arati
onunders ub-section(1)i
smadet heCollect
orshallpreparea
stat
ementi ntheprescri
bedf orm givi
ngdetail
soft heareades c
ript
ionandf ull
parti
cular
soft hel
andwhi c
hi sdelimitedassurplusland,andalsooft heland
theref
rom,ther i
ght,t
itl
eandi nterestinwhic
hi stobef orfei
tedtot heState
Government .

TheCollec
torshal
laff
ixac opyofthestat
ementatthevil
lagechawdioranyother
prominentpl
aceatthevil
lageands hal
lal
sodespatc
hac opyofthestatementtothe
pers
onort othememberoft hef
ami l
yuniti
nter
stedint
hel anddel
imit
edass ur
plus
.

Ont
hedat
eoft
heannounc
ementoft
hedec
lar
ati
onment
ionedi
nthepr
eceedi
ngs
ub-
s
ect
iont
her
ight
,ti
tl
eandi
nter
esti
nthel
andwhi
chi
sli
abl
eto

Wher epos s essi

onofanyl anddel i
mi t
edass ur plusishandedov erbyt hehol derin
pur suanc eofanunder takinggi venbyhi mi nanyc ourt,andt heappealf i
ledbyt he
holderagai nstt hedec lar
at ionoft hatl andass ur pl
ushasbeens ubsequent ly
withdr awnordi smissed,thel and,not withstandi ngany t
hi ngc ontai
nedi ns ub-secti
on
(4),shallwi thef fectfrom t hedat eonwhi c
ht hepos ses siont hereofist akenbyt he
Col l
ector ,bedeemedt obedul yac quir
edbyt heSt ateGov ernmentf ort hepur posesof
theAc t,ands hallacc
or dingl ybedeemedt ohav ebeenv alidl
yandef fectuallyvested
withoutf urtheras suranceandf reefrom allenc umbr anc esi ntheSt ateGov ernment
from t hedat eoft aki
ngov erpos sessi
ont her eof .

Damagesf
orus
eandoc
cupat
ionofs
urpl
usl
and(
Sec
tion21-
A)

Aper s
onorafami l
yunitwhichpossesseslandinex ces
soft hec ei
li
ngareashallbe
l
iabletopaytot heStateGovernmentf ortheperi
odf r
om t hey earfol
lowingtheyear
i
nwhi chtheexcessofsurpl
usareasohel di
sdec l
aredsurplust i
llthepossessi
onof
surpl
uslandi
stakenunders ec
tionland.21,suchcompens ationf ortheuseand
occupati
onofsuchlandastheCol l
ectormayf i
xinthepr escribedmanner .

Wher
eanenqui
ryispendi
ngonoraf
tert
hec
ommenc
ementdat
efordet
ermi
ningt
he
s
urpl
usl
andunderthi
sAct

thehol
dershallbeliabletopayt otheSt
ateGov ernmentfortheper i
odf rom the
c
ommenc ementdat eort hedateonwhi c
ht heexc es
sareaisdecl
areds urplusunder
s
ecti
on21,whic heverislat
er,ti
llt
hedateofposs essi
onofsurpl
uslandi sac t
uall
y
t
akenunderthats ecti
on,compens ati
onforuseandoc cupati
onofs uchsur pl
uslandas
t
heColl
ectormayf i
xinthepr es
c r
ibedmanner.

-
---
---
---
-

Compens
ati
on.

Maharas
htr
aAgr i
cul
tur
alLands(Cei
li
ngonHol
dings)Ac
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ng
pr
ovis
ionsr
elat
ingtocompensati
on-

1pay
mentofc
ompens
ati
on(
sec
tion22)

Compensat
ionforanyland,ac
quir
edbyt
heStat
eGover
nmentforthepurposes
compens
a-ofthisAct,shal
lbepai
dtoex
tent
,andi
nthemanner,her
einaf
terprov
ided.
ti
on.

2.Quant
um ofc
ompens
ati
on(
sec
tion22)
Ineachofthedistr
ictsandtakukasspeci
fi
edincolumn1oftheFir
stSchedule,
Quantum offoreachc l
assoflanddescr
ibedincol
umns2,3,4,5and6oft hat
Schedul
e,theamountofc ompensati
onforsurpl
uslandac
qui
redbytheState
Governmentunders ecti
on21s hal
lconsi
stof–

(a)
incas
eofdryc
ropl
andf
all
ingundercol
umn5or6t hepr
icec
alc
ulat
edatt
hepr
ice
perhect
ares
peci
fi
edi
ncol
umn7oft hatSchedul
e,or

(b)i
nt hecaseofl
andfal
li
ngundercolumns2,3and4ofthatSc
hedul
e,t
hepr i
ce
calc
ulatedatthepri
ceperhect
areofdrycropl
andinc
reas
edbyonehundred,byfi
fty
andbyt wenty-f
iveperc
ent;r
espect
ivel
y.

Explanat
ion.
–Inthec as
eoflandreferredtoinclaus
e(a),thepri
ceshallnoti
nanycase
exceedonet housandrupeesperhectare,andi
nt hecas
eofl andrefer
redtoincl
ause
(b)
,thepriceshal
lnotinanyc as
eex c
eedf i
vet
housandr upeesperhectar
e

Providedthati
nthecaseoflandwhi
c hi
snotc ul
ti
vatedf oraconti
nuousperi
odof
threeyearsimmedi
atel
ybeforethecommencementdat ethepri
ceshallbet
wenty
-fi
ve
percent.ofthepri
cecal
cul
atedundercl
ause(a)or(b),asthecasemaybe.

-
---
--

Di
str
ibut
ionofs
urpl
usl
and

.Ac
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ngpr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ingt
odi
str
ibut
ionofs
urpl
usl
and-

1.Di
str
ibut
ionofs
urpl
usl
and

Land(othert
hangrazi
nglandortanklandorlandnot
ifi
edbyt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
asnotcapabl
eorbeingdi
sposedofforcult
ivat
ion)

whi
chi
sac
qui
redbyandv
est
sint
heSt
ateGov
ernmentunders
ect
ion21

shal
l,begrant
edbySt ateGovernmentorot
heroffi
cer int
heor
derofpr
ior
itys
et
outi
ns ub-
secti
ons(
2),(
3),(
4),and(5)whi
chareasunder
-

Wherethesurpl
uslandbel ongedtoaholder,whoatanyti
mebeforethe
commencementdat e,byres umi
nglandfrom hi
stenantf
orper
sonalc
ulti
vat
ionunder
anyt
enancylaw,hasr enderedthatt
enantlandl
ess,

t
hes
urpl
usl
ands
hal
lfi
rstbeof
fer
edt
othatt
enant
.

Whereanypartoftheholdi
ngofaper sonwhi
chconsi
stofoneormorecompac
t
bl
ocksi
sdeclaredassur
pluslandunderthi
sAct,t
hensuchsur
plusl
and–
(a)
shallf
irstbeoff
eredtothelandlor
dwhohadleas
edthelandtothesuc
hper sonand
suchlandlordhasnotexer
cis
edhi sri
ghtofr
esumpti
onunderther
elev
anttenancylaw
orunders ecti
on19;and

(b)thentoaper s
on,whobeingpreviousl
yemploy edont hecompactblockasan
agricul
tur
all
abourerorastechni
calorotherst
af fengagedonorinr el
ati
ontothe
agricul
tur
alproducerai
sedorgrownt her
eon,hasbeenr enderedunemployedasa
resultoft
helandofsuchblockbeingdeclar
eds urplusl
and.

Thereaf
terfif
typercent.ofthesurpl
usland(excl
udinglandsr ef
err
edt oins
ub-
sect
ions(2)and(3)shallberes
ervedfordist
ribut
iontol andl
esspersonsbel
ongingto
theScheduledCastes,Schedul
edTribes(whetherresi
dingintheScheduledareaornot)

andlandl
essper
sonsbel
ongi
ngtosuchnomadi
ctr
ibes,vi
mtukt
aJati
sandbac
kwar
d
c
las
sesasmaybenot i
fi
edbytheSt
ateGover
nmentfrom t
imetoti
me,

andl
andsoreser
veds hal
lbegr
ant
edtosuc
hpersonsi
naccordenc
ewi
tht
her
ules
madeint
hisbehal
f.Suchrul
esmaypr
ovi
deforf
ixi
ngpri
ori
ti
es.

Ther
eaf
ter,al
lsurpl
usland(i
ncl
udi
ngsur
pluslandwhi
chhasnotbeengrant
edunder
sub-
sec
tions(2)and(3)shal
lbeof
fer
edi
nt hefoll
owi
ngorderofpr
ior
ity
,

(
i)aper
sonf
rom whom anyl
andhasbeenr
esumedbyhi
slandl
ordf
orper
sonal

c
ulti
vat
ionunderanyt enancylaw,andwhoi nconsequencethereofhasbeenr
endered
l
andl
ess,providedthatsuchpersonisaresidentofthev i
ll
ageinwhichthesur
plus
l
andfordis
t r
ibuti
onissituat
eorwi t
hineightkil
omet ersther
eof;

(i
a)Anon-Tri
bal-
transf
ereewhos eland(bei
nglandofaTri
baltrans
ferort
ransf
erred
tothenon-Tr
ibal
-trans
feree)hasbeenrestor
edtotheTri
bal-
transf
erorunderthe
provi
si
onsoftheMahar ashtr
aRestorati
onofLandstoScheduledTri
besAct,

Governmentf r
om ti
metoti
me,andl
andsores
ervedshal
lbegr
ant
edtos
uchpers
ons
i
nac c
or denc
ewi t
hther
ulesmadei
nthi
sbehal
f.Suchrul
esmaypr
ovi
def
orfi
xi
ng
pr
iori
ties.

(i
a)Anon-Tri
bal-
transf
ereewhos eland(bei
nglandofaTri
baltrans
ferort
ransf
erred
tothenon-Tr
ibal
-trans
feree)hasbeenrestor
edtotheTri
bal-
transf
erorunderthe
provi
si
onsoftheMahar ashtr
aRestorati
onofLandstoScheduledTri
besAct,

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---
---
---
-

AppealandMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunal
Fol
lowi
ngar
eimpor
tantpr
ovi
si
ons

1.
Appeal
(t
oTr
ibunals
ect
ion33)

Anappealagai
nstanorderorawar
doftheColl
ect
orshal
lli
etot
heAppeal
s.
Mahar
ashtraRevenueTri
bunali
nthef
oll
owingcases:
–

(
1)anor
derundersub-sect
ions(
2)and(3)ofsect
ion131[notbei
nganor
derunder
whi
chatrueandcorr
ectreturnc
omplet
einallparti
cul
arsi
srequi
redt
obefur
nis
hed

(
2)adec
lar
ati
onoranypar
tther
eofunders
ect
ion21

(
2a)anor
derunders
ect
ion21-
A;

(
3)anawar
dunders
ect
ion25;

(
4)anor
derr
efus
ings
anc
tiont
otr
ans
ferordi
vi
del
andunders
ect
ion29;

(
5)anor
deroff
orf
eit
ureunders
ub-
sec
tion(
3)ofs
ect
ion29;

(
6)anamendmentofdec
lar
ati
onorawar
dunders
ect
ion37;and

(
7)anor
derofs
ummar
yev
ict
ionunders
ect
ion40.

(1A)Anyrespondent
,thoughhemaynothav eappealedfrom anypartofthedecisi
on,
order,dec
lar
ati
onorawar d,maynotonlysupportthedec i
si
on,order
,dec l
arat
ionor
award,asthecasemaybe,onanyoft hegroundsdec idedagai
nsthim buttakecross-
objec
t i
ontothedeci
sion,order
,dec
larat
ionorawar dwhichhec oul
dhav etakenby
wayofanappeal:

Providedthat,hehasf i
ledtheobjecti
onintheMaharashtr
aRev enueTribunalwit
hin
thir
tyday sfr
om t hedateofservi
ceonhi m ofnoti
ceofthedayf i
xedforhearingthe
appeal,orsuchf urt
hertimeastheTr i
bunalmays eef
ittoal
lowandt hereupon,the
provisi
onsofOr der41,r ul
e22oft heFir
stSchedulet
otheCodeofCi vilProcedure,
1908,s hal
lapplyinrel
ationtothec r
oss-obj
ecti
onastheyapplyinrel
ationtot he
cross-objecti
onundert hatrul
e.

(2)
Eveypeti
tionofappealunders
ub-sect
ion(
1),s
hal
lbeaccompani
edbyacopyofthe
deci
sion,or
der,dec
lar
ationoraward,ast
hecasemaybe,agai
nstwhi
cht
heappeali
s
made.

(3)
Indeci
dingsuchappealt
heMahar
ashtraRev
enueTr i
bunalshal
lexerc
iseallt
he
powerswhichacourthasandf
oll
owthes ameproc
edurewhi c
hac ourtfol
lows,in
deci
dingappeal
sfrom t
hedecr
eeororderofanori
ginalcour
t,undertheCodeofCi v
il
Pr
ocedur
e,1908.

2.
PowerofMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunalt
oconf
irm et
cor
der(
sec
tion34)

TheMahar as
htraRevenueTri
bunal
,indec
idinganappealunders
ect
ion33,may
conf
irm,modifyorresc
indthedeci
si
on,order,
decl
arat
ionorawardoramended
decl
arat
ion.

3.
Limi
tat
ionf
orAppeal(
Sec
tion35)

Ev er
yappealunderthi
sAc tshal
lbefi
ledwithi
naper i
odoffif
teendaysfrom
Limit
at i
onthedateofthedecisi
on,or
der,decl
arat
ionorawardoftheCollec
tor.The
provi
sionsofsect
ions4,5,12and14oft heIndi
anLimitat
ionAct,1908,s
hallappl
yto
thefil
ingofsuchappeal.

4.Cour
tFee

Not
wit
hst
andi
ngany
thi
ngc
ont
ainedi
ntheBombayCour
tfeesAc
t,1959

ever
yappealmadeundert
hisAc
ttot
heMahar
asht
raRev
enueTr
ibunals
hal
lbear
c
ourt-f
ees
tamp-

(i
)inthecas
eofadecl
arat
ionoftheCol
lectorunders
ect
ion21oranamended
declar
ati
onunders
ect
ion37oftwenty-
fiv
er upees

(i
i)i
nthecaseofanawar doftheCol
lect
orunders ec
tion25oranamendedaward
undersec
tion37ofanamountequalt ofi
vepercentofthediff
erenc
ebet
weenthe
amountofc ompensationawar
dedtotheappel
lantandt hatc
lai
medbyhiminhi
s
appeal
,orrupeesfi
fteen,whi
chev
erismore

and

(
ii
i)i
nanyot
herc
ase,off
iver
upees
.

I
nNewabganjSugarMi
l
lvUni
onofI
ndi
aAI
R1976S.
C.1152

Courthel
dthateveryc
ourtortri
bunali
scons
tit
utedf
ordoi
ngj
ust
iceandc
anex
erc
ise
necess
arypowersfort
hatpurpose.

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---
---

Col
lec
tor
:Power
sAndFunc
tions

Fol
lowi
ngar
epr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
ing-
1.
PowerofCol
lec
tort
ocor
rec
tcl
eri
calet
c.mi
stakesi
ndec
lar
ati
onorawar
d(s
ect
ion37)

Anyc leric
alorari
thmet ic
almistakeinthedec l
arationmadeunders ect
ion21ori nan
awar dmadeunders ection25,orer r
orar i
si
ngt hereinf
rom ac
cidentals
lipsor
omis si
ons ,maybec orrectedbyt heCollect
or,eit
herofhisownmot ionoront he
applicationofaper s
oni nteres
tedint hedeclar
ationoraward,andthemi s
takesi
n
declarat i
ondeclar
ationorawar dasc orr
ec t
ed,shallbedeemedt ohavebeenamended
accordi ngly

Howev
ernodecl
arati
onorawar
dshallbecor
rec
tedunles
sanoppor
tuni
tyi
sgivento
t
heper
sonwhos
einteres
tmaybeaff
ec t
edasaresul
tofsuchc
orr
ect
iontobeheard

2.
Sumsr
ecov
erabl
easar
rear
sofl
andr
evenue(
sec
tion38)

Anysum,whet
herbywayofoccupancypr
ice,r
ent,fi
ne,ov
erpaymentofc
ompens
ati
on
compens
ati
onpayabl
eunders
ection21Aor,other
wisepayabl
ebyany

r
evenue.persont
otheSt
ateGov er
nmentbyorundert
hepr ov
isionsofthisAc
t,s
hal
l
i
fnotpaidlandbysuc
hperson,berec
over
abl
easanarrearoflandrevenue.

3.Modeofput
tingper
sonsi
npos
ses
sionofl
and(
Sec
tion39)

Anyor deroftheCollec
tor,oranyotherof
fic
eraut
hor
isedunders ection27awardi
ng
possessionorrestor
ingthepos s
ess
ionoruseofanyl
and,s hal
lbeex ecutedbythe
Maml atdarortheTahsil
darwithi
nwhos ej
uri
sdi
cti
ont
hel andissi
t uateinthemanner
prov
idedi nsecti
on21ofMaml atdar
'sAct.

Anor deroftheMaharashtr
aRev enueTr
ibunali
nappealoroftheSt
ateGovernmenti
n
rev
isi
ons hal
lbeexecutedinthemannerpr ov
idedf
ortheexecuti
onoftheorderoft
he
Coll
ectorundersub-
sec t
ion(1)
.

4.
Summar
yEv
ict
ion(
set
ion40)

Anyper
son,unaut
hor
isedl
yoc
cupy
ingorwr
ongf
ull
yinpos
ses
sionof
,anyl
and–

(
a)whi
chv
est
sint
heSt
ateGov
ernmentundert
hisAc
t,or

(
b)t
otheus
eandoc
cupat
ionofwhi
chhei
snotent
itl
edundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
t,

maybes
ummar
il
yev
ict
edbyt
heCol
lec
toraf
ters
uchi
nqui
ryashedeemsf
it.

Accordingtosect
ion40AI fanypersonoranymemberofaf amilyunitwhoi sl
iablet
o
fur
nishar et
urnasrequi
redbys ect
ion12f ai
lst
ofur
nis
ht her et
urnwi t
hinthet i
me
speci
fiedinActorfurni
shesareturnwhichheknowsorhasr easontobeliev
etobe
fal
seheshal
linaddi
tiont
othepenaltypres
cribedi
nsecti
on13,onconvi
cti
on,be
punis
hedwithimpris
onmentforaterm whichmayextendtotwoyear
sorwithfi
ne
whichmayextendtotwothousandrupeesorwithbot
h.

(NoCourtshal
ltakecognis
anceofanof
fencepuni
shabl
eunderthi
sActexceptwi
th
previ
oussanct
ionoftheCollec
tor
,whi
chsancti
onshal
lbeaccor
dedsubj
ecttosuch
rul
esasmaybepr esc
r i
bed.

Accordingtosecti
on41noc ivi
lcour
tshal
lhavejuri
s di
cti
ont osett
le,deci
deordeal
wit
hanyques tionBarofwhichisbyorunderthisAc tr
equiredtobes ett
led,dec
ided
ordealtwit
hbyt hejur
isdi
cti
on.Commissioner
,Collect
orTribunaltheoffi
cer
aut
hor i
sedundersecti
on27,theMaharashtraRevenueTribunalortheState
Government.

Accor di
ngtosecti
on42alli
nquiri
esandpr
oceedingsbef or
etheCol
lec
tor
,theTri
bunal
andt heInqui
ri
esofMaharasht
raRevenueTri
bunalshallbedeemedtobejudi
ci
al
proceedingswit
hinthepr
oceedingstobej
udici
alproceedings.

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Modul
e07

TheMahar
asht
raPr
event
ionofFr
agment
ati
onandCons
oli
dat
ionofHol
dingsAc
t
1947.

Obj
ectAndAppl
ic
ati
onofAc
t.

Maharas
htr
aPrevent
ionofFr
agmentat
ionandCons
oli
dat
ionofHol
dingsAc
thasbeen
enac
tedbyLegi
sl
atureofMahar
asht
rawithaview-

I
.t
opr
eventoff
ragment
ati
onofagr
icul
tur
alhol
dings
.

I
I.
topr
ovi
dec
ons
oli
dat
ionofagr
icul
tur
alhol
dingsf
ori
tsbet
terc
ult
ivat
ion.

●I
mpor
tantDeni
ti
onsUnderAc
tSec
tion2.

(
2)c
ons
oli
dat
ionofhol
dings

means-

t
heamal
gamat
ion,
andwher
enec
ess
ary,

t
her
edi
str
ibut
ionofhol
dingsorpor
tionsofhol
dingsi
nanyv
il
lage,mahalort
alukaor
anypar
tther
eofs
oast
oreduc
ethenumberofpl
otsi
nhol
dings

(3)Consol
idat
ionOff
icermeansanof
fic
erappoi
ntedass
uchunders
ect
ion15byt
he
StateGovernment

andi
ncl
udesanyper
sonaut
horisedbytheStat
eGov er
nmentt
oper
for
m al
loranyof
thef
unct
ionsoft
heConsol
idat
ionOffi
cerundert
hisAct;

(4)Fr
agmentmeansaplotofl
andofl
essex
tentt
hant
heappr
opr
iat
est
andar
dar
ea
deter
minedundert
hisAct:

Pr
ovi
dedt
hatnopl
otofl
ands
hal
lbedeemedt
obeaf
ragmentbyr
eas
onofany

di
minut
ioni
nit
sar
eabydi
luv
ion;

(
5)l
andmeansagr
icul
tur
all
andwhet
heral
ienat
edorunal
ienat
ed;

10)Standardar
eainr
espectofanyc l
assoflandswhi chtheStateGovernmentmay
from ti
met oti
medetermineundersecti
on5ast hemini
mum areaforpr of
itabl
e
culti
vati
oninanypar
tic
ularl
ocalareaendincludesast
andardarearev
isedundert he
saidsecti
on.

●I
mpor
tantpr
ovi
si
ons

1.Det
ermi
nat
ionofLoc
alandSt
andar
dAr
eas
(sec
tion3)

TheSt at
eGov er
nmentmay ,aft
ersuchinqui
ryasi
tdeemsfi
t,bynot
ifi
cat
ioninthe
Offi
ci
alGaz et
te,speci
fyavi
ll
age,mahalortal
ukaort
ehsi
loranypar
tthereofasal
ocal
areaforthepurposesofthi
sAc t
.

2.
Set
tlementofs
tandar
dar
eas
(sec
tion4)

TheSt ateGover nmentmayaf t

ersuc
hi nqui
ryasitdeemsfi
tandafterc
onsul
tati
on
withtheDi st
ric
tAdv is
or yCommit
teeoranyot herbody,
appoi
ntedbyit
,pr
ovisi
onal
ly
sett
lef oranyclassoflandinanyl
ocalareatheminimum ar
eathatcanbecul
ti
vated
profi
tablyasas eparat
epl ot
.

(2)TheSt
ateGov er
nments hal
lbynoti
fi
cati
onintheOff
ici
alGazett
e,andi
nsuch
othermannerasmaybepr escr
ibedpubli
shthemini
mum areasprovi
si
onal
lys
ett
ledby
i
tundersub-sect
ion(1)andinvi
teobj
ecti
onsther
eto.

3.Det
ermi
nat
ionandr
evi
si
onofs
tandar
dar
eas
(sec
tion5)

TheSt
ateGov
ernments
hal
l,af
terc
ons
ider
ingt
heobj
ect
ions
,ifany
,rec
eiv
edwi
thi
n
thr
eemont hsofthedateofpubl
icat
ionoft henotif
icati
onunders ub-
sec
tion(
2)of
secti
on4inthevil
lageconcer
nedandmaki ngfurtherinqui
ryasitmaydeem fi
t,
determi
nethestandardareaf
oreachclas
sofl andins uchl
ocalarea.

(
2)TheSt ateGovernmentmay,atanyt i
mei fi
tdeemsitexpedi
entsotodo,r
evi
sea
st
andardar eadet
erminedundersub-secti
on(1).Suchr
evi
sionshal
lbemadeint
he
mannerlaiddownins ect
ion4ands ub-sec
tion(1).

(3)TheStat
eGover
nments hal
l,bynotif
icat
ionint
heOf f
ici
alGazet
te,andins
uch
othermannerasmaybeprescr
ibed,givepubli
cnoti
ceofanys t
andardarea
determi
nedundersub-
sec
tion( 1)ofs
ection5orrevis
e.

4.
Ent
ryi
ntheRec
ordofRi
ght
s(s
ect
ion6)

Onnot i
fi
cati
onofas t
andardareaundersub-secti
on( 3)ofs
ecti
on5f oralocalar
eaal
l
fragmentsintheloc
alareashal
lbeenteredass uchintheRecordofRightsorwhere
therei
snoRec or
dofRightsinsuchvi
ll
agerecor dastheStateGover
nmentmay
prescr
ibe.

(2)Not ic
eofever
yentr
ymadeunders ub-sec
tion(1)shal
lbegiveni nthemanner
presc r
ibedf
orthegi
vi
ngofnot i
ce[i
nt heHyderabadareaoftheSt ate,underthe
Hy derabadRecor
dofRightsi
nLandRegulati
on,1358Fas l
iandelsewher e,undert
he
rel
ev antCode,
]ofanentryi
ntheregi
sterofmut at
ions.

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Res
tri
cti
onandpr
ohi
bit
ionsonTr
ans
fer.

Ac
tlay
sdownf
oll
owi
ngpr
ovi
si
ons-

1.Tr
ans
ferandl
eas
eoff
ragment
s.(
Sec
tion7)

Nopersonshal
ltr
ansferanyf r
agmentinrespec
tofwhichanoti
cehasbeengi
ven
unders
ub-s
ecti
on(2)ofs ect
ion(6)ex
cepttotheownerofaconti
guoussur
vey
numberorr
ecogni
seds ub-di
v i
si
onofas ur
veynumber:

Provi
dedthattheholderofsuchfragmentmaymortgageortrans
feritt
otheState
Governmentoralandmor tgagebankoranyotherc
o-operat
ivesoci
etyassec
urit
yfor
anyloanadvancedtohim bytheStateGover
nmentorsuchbankors oci
ety
,asthe
casemaybe.

(2)Not
withs
tandi
nganythi
ngcont
ainedi
n[anyl
awf ortheti
mebeingi
nforceorin
anyins
trumentoragr
eement]
,nosuchfr
agmentshallbel
easedt
oanypers
onot her
t
hanaper
sonc
ult
ivat
inganyl
andwhi
chi
scont
iguoust
othef
ragment
.

2.Fr
agment
ati
onpr
ohi
bit
ed.
(Sec
tion8)

Nol
andi
nanyl
ocalar
eas
hal
lbet
rans
fer
redorpar
tit
ioneds
oast
ocr
eat
eaf
ragment
.

3.Res
tri
cti
ononpar
tit
ionofl
and.
(sec
tion8AA)

Where,byt r
ansfer,decree,successionorother
wise,twoormoreper
sonsareentitl
ed
tosharesinanundi vi
dedagr icul
turall
andinanylocalar
eaforwhi
chstandardar
eas
hav
ebeenf i
xed,andt helandhast obepar t
iti
onedamongt hem,s
uchpartit
ionshal
l
beeffect
eds oasnott oc reateaf r
agment.

(2)Wheresuchparti
ti
onismadebyt
heCour
tort
heCol
lec
tor
,thef
oll
owi
ng
procedur
eshallbeadopt
ed:
-

(a)If
,ineff
ectingapar t
iti
onamongs ever
alc o-
sharers
,iti
sfoundt hataco-shar
eri
s
entit
ledtoas pecif
ics hareri
nthelandandc annotbegiventhatsharewithout
creati
ngaf r
agment ,hes hal
lbecompensatedinmoneyf orthatshare.Theamountof
compens at
ion- s
hallbedet ermi
neds of
araspr act
icabl
einaccordancewiththe
provisi
onsofs ecti
on23oft heLandAcquisi
tionAct,1894.

4.Penal
tyf
ort
rans
ferorpar
tit
ionc
ont
rar
ytopr
ovi
si
onsofAc
t(s
ect
ion9)

Thetrans
ferorpar
tit
ionofanyl
andc
ont
rar
ytot
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAc
tshal
lbe
v
oid.

(2)Theownerofanyl andsotr
ans f
erredorparti
ti
onedshal
lbeli
abletopays uchf
ine
notex ceedi
ngRs .250astheCollect
ormay ,s
ubjecttot
hegeneralordersoftheSt
ate
Gov er
nment ,di
rectSuc hf
ineshall
ber ec
overabl
easanarrearofl
andr evenue.

(
3)Anypersonunauthori
zedlyoccupyi
ng,orwrongful
lyi
npos s
essi
onof,anyl
andthe
t
rans
ferorpart
iti
onofwhi ch,ei
therbytheactofpart
iesorbytheoper
ationofl
aw,i
s
v
oidundertheprovi
sionsofthisAct,maybesummar i
lyevi
ctedbytheColl
ect
or.

Provi
dedt hat,saveasot herwisepr ovidedi ns ection31,t heCol l
ectormay ,uponan
appli
cat
ionmadei nt hi
sr egard,regulariseat rans ferorpar t
iti
onofal andc ontrar
yt o
theprovis
ionsoft hisAc tmadeonoraf ter15t hdayofNov ember1965andbef or
et he
dateofcommenc ementofMahar as htraPr eventionofFr agmentationand
Consoli
dationofHol dings( Amendment )Ac t
,2017,i fsuchlandisal l
oc atedt o
resi
denti
al,commer c
ial,indus tr
ial,publicors emi -publ i
coranynon- agr i
cultur
aluse,in
theprevai
lingdr aftorf inalRegi onalPlan;ori si ntendedt obeus edforanybonaf ide
non-agri
culturalus er,subj ecttopay mentofr egularisati
onpr emium ats uc hper
centum notex
ceeding25perc
ent.oft
hemarketval
ueofsuc
hlandaspertheAnnual
Stat
ementofRat es
,astheGover
nmentmaynotif
y,fr
om t
imetoti
me,intheOff
ici
al
Gazett
e:

Providedf ur t
hert hat ,saveasot herwi sepr ov i
dedi ns ec t
ion31,i fat rans ac t
ionof
transferorpar ti
t i
onofl andc ont r
aryt ot hepr ov i
si
onsoft hi sAc tisr egular i
sedont he
groundt hatt hel andwoul dbeus edf oranybonaf idenon- agriculturalus e,thenf ai
lur
e
tos t
arts uc hbonaf idenonagr ic ult
ur alus ewi thi n5y ear sfr om thedat eof
regulari
sat ions hallr esultinfor f eit
ur eofs uchl andbyt heCol l
ect or.Suc hl and
thereafters hallbef irstofferedt ot hehol deroroc c upantofanei ghbour i
ng
contiguouss urveynumberorr ec ognis eds ub- divisi
onofas urveynumberonpay ment
of50perc ent.oft hemar ketv al ueofs uchl andaspert hepr evaili
ngAnnualSt at
ement
ofRat esandt hr ee- fourthoft heamounts oc ollecteds hallbepai dt ot hedef ault
ing
personf rom whom s uc hlandwasf orfeitedt ot heGov ernmentandt her emai ni
ngone-
fourthoft heamounts oc oll
ec t eds hal lbec redi tedint ot heGov er nmentac count.
Wher eoc c upantofs uc hneighbour ingc ont i
guouss ur v eynumberorr ecogni sed
subdivisi
onr efus est opur chas et hef ragment ,t hefr agments hallbeauc tionedbyt he
StateGov ernmentandt hepr oc eedst hereofs hallbedi vi
dedbet weent hedef aul
ti
ng
personandt heGov ernmenti nt her atioof3: 1. 0.

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●Tr
ans
feroff
ragmentt
oGov
ernment
.Andc
ompens
ati
on(
Sec
tion10,
12)

Anyownerofaf r
agmentmayt ransferitt otheStateGovernment.onpay mentbyt he
Stat
eGov ernmentofs uchc ompens ationt opersonspossessi
nginterestther
einast he
Coll
ectormaydet ermineandt hereupont hef ragmentshallv
estabsolutel
yintheSt ate
Governmentf reefrom al
lencumbr anc esbutnos uchfr
agments hallbetrans
ferredto
theStateGov ernmentunl essitisfi
rstof feredtotheownerofac ont i
guoussurvey
numberorr ecognisedsub-div
isionofas urveynumberonpay mentoft he
compens ationdeterminedbyt heCol lectorasaf or
esai
dands uchownerhasr efusedt o
purchaset hefragmentonpay mentofs uchc ompensati
on.

(2)Anysuchfragmentmaybedisposedofinaccordancewit
htheprovis
ionsof
Secti
on117Boft heBombayLandRev enueCode,1879ors ect
ion158oft heMadhy
a
PradeshLandRevenueCode,1954,orasthecasemaybe,maybedi sposedofas
unoccupi
edlandundertheprovi
sionsoftheHyderabadLandRevenueAc t
,

Sec
tion12i
spr
ovi
si
onf
ordet
ermi
nat
ionofc
ompens
ati
on.

I
ndet
ermi
ningt
hec
ompens
ati
onf
ort
hepur
pos
esofs
ect
ion10t
heCol
lec
tors
hal
l
hav
eregar
dtot
hepr
ovi
si
onsofs
ub-
sec
tion(
1)ofs
ect
ion23oft
heLandAc
qui
si
ti
on
Act
,1894.

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Cons
oli
dat
ionandi
tspr
ocedur
e.

Mahar
asht
raPrev
ent
ionofFragment
ati
onandCons
oli
dat
ionofHol
dingsAc
t1947
l
aysdownfol
lowi
ngprov
isi
ons-

1.
Gov
ernmentmayoni
tsownac
cor
d

oronappli
cati
ondecl
arei
tsi
ntent
iont
omakes
chemef
orc
ons
oli
dat
ionof
hol
dings
(sect
ion15)

Wi tht heobj ectofc ons ol

idatinghol dingsinanyv i
ll
age,mahal,tal
ukaort ehsilorany
partther eoffort hepur poseofbet terc ult
ivat
ionofl andsther
ein,theSt ate
Gov ernmentmay[ ofitsownmot ionoronanappl i
cati
onmadei nt hatbehal fdec l
are
byanot i
fi
cationint heOf fi
cialGaz etteandbypubl i
cati
oninthepr escri
bedmanneri n
thev i
llageorv i
ll
agesc oncernedi tsint enti
ont omakeas chemef orthec ons ol
idation
ofhol dingsins uchv il
lageorv ill
agesorpar tthereofasmaybes pec i
fi
ed.Ons uc h
publicationint hev i
ll
agec onc ernedt heSt ateGov ernmentmayappoi nta
Cons olidati
onOf fi
cerwhos hallproc eedt oprepar easchemef orthec ons ol
idationof
holdingsi nsuc hv i
ll
ageorv i
ll
agesorpar tther
eof ,asthecasemaybei nt hemanner
hereinaf t
erpr ovi
ded.

2.Pr
epar
ati
onofs
chemeandpr
inc
ipl
est
obef
oll
owedi
nit
spr
epar
ati
on(
sec
tion15-
A)

TheCons
oli
dat
ionOf
ficers
hall
,af
tergi
vingduenoti
cet
ot hel
andowner
sconc
erned
andt
hevi
ll
agecommi
ttee,vi
si
teachoftheconcer
nedvi
ll
ages

,andshall
,inconsul
tat
ionwitht
hevi
ll
agecommi t
tee,proc
eedtoprepareascheme
fort
hec onsol
idat
ionofholdi
ngswhi
chshal
linc
ludes uc
hs t
atement
s,recor
dsand
mapsasmaybepr escr
ibed.

(2)I
npr epar
ingthescheme,t
heCons oli
dati
onOffic
ershal
lhav
eregar
dtothe
procedurewhichtheStat
eGov ernmentmayf r
om ti
met ot
imepres
cri
bei
nregar
dto
thenumberofbl ocksi
nwhicht hevi
ll
agelandsar
et obegr
ouped,t
hemannerof
all
otti
ngnewpl otstoeac
howner ,

therecommendat
ionsoft
hev
il
lagec
ommi
tteeands
uchot
hermat
ter
sasmaybe
pres
cri
bed.
3.
Schemet
opr
ovi
def
orc
ompens
ati
on.
(Sec
tion16)

Thes chemepreparedbytheCons ol
idati
onOf f
icers
hallprovidef ort
hepaymentof
compens ati
ontoanyownerwhoi sallott
edaholdingoflessmar ketv
aluet
hanthatof
hisori
ginalhol
dingandforther
ec ov
er yofcompensati
onf rom anyownerwhoi s
al
lott
edahol di
ngofgreatermarketvaluethanthatofhisoriginalhol
ding.

(2)Theamountofc ompensat
ions
hallbedeter
mined,sofaraspr
acti
cabl
e,i
n
acc or
dancewi
ththeprovi
si
onsofsub-sect
ion(1)ofsec
tion23oftheLand
Ac qui
sit
ionAc
t,1894.

17.Amal gamat ionofpubl icroadsetc.

,wi thins c
hemef orc onsoli
dati
onofhol dings.-
(1)Whenev eri nprepar i
ngas chemef orthec onsoli
dationofhol dings,i
tappear sto
theCons oli
dat i
onOf fi
certhatitisnecessar yt oamal gamat eanyr oad,st
r eet,laneor
pathwithanyhol dingi nthes cheme,hes hal lmakeadec l
arati
ont othatef fects t
ati
ng
i
ns uchdec larati
ont hatitisproposedt hatt her ightsoft hepubl i
caswel lasofal l
i
ndivi
dual sinorov ert hesaidroad,street,laneorpat hs hallbeex t
ingui
shedor ,asthe
casemaybe,t ransferredtoanewr oad,st reet ,l
aneorpat hlai
douti nthes c hemeof
consol
idat i
on.(2)Theamountofc ompens at i
ons hal
lbedet ermined,sofaras
pract
icable,inac c
or dancewi ththeprov i
sionsofs ub- s
ec ti
on( 1)ofsect
ion23oft he
LandAc quisit
ionAc t,1894.

3.
Amal gamationofpubl
icr
oadset
c.,wi
thi
nsc
hemef
orc
ons
oli
dat
ionof
hol
dings(sec
tion17)

Whenev erinpreparingas chemef ortheconsoli

dationofholdings,itappear stothe
Consoli
dationOf f
icerthatitisnecessarytoamalgamat eanyroad,s tr
eet,laneorpat h
withanyhol di
ngint hescheme,hes hal
lmakeadec larati
ontot hateffects t
atingin
suchdec l
arati
onthatitispr oposedthattheri
ght softhepublicaswel lasofal l
i
ndivi
dualsi noroverthes ai
dr oad,str
eet,l
aneorpat hshallbeex t
inguishedor ,asthe
casemaybe,t ransferr
edt oanewr oad,str
eet
,laneorpat hlai
douti nt hes chemeof
consol
idation.

(2)Thedecl
arat
ioni
ns ub-
secti
on(
1)shal
lbepubli
shedinthevi
ll
ageconcer
nedi
nthe
prescr
ibedmanneral
ongwi t
hthedraf
tschemeref
erredtoins
ection19.

(
3)Anymemberofthepubli
coranypers
onhavinganyint
erestorr
ight,i
naddi
ti
ont
o
t
heri
ghtofpubl
ichi
ghway,i
noroverthesai
droad,st
reet
,laneorpath

orhavi
nganyot
heri
nter
estorr
ightwhi
chi
sli
kel
ytobeadv
ers
elyaf
fec
tedbyt
he
propos
al
may
,wi
thi
nthi
rtyday
saf
tert
hepubl
ic
ati
onoft
hedec
lar
ati
onunders
ub-
sec
tion(
1)

statetotheConsol
idat
ionOffic
erinwri
ti
nghisobj
ect
iontot heproposal
,thenature
ofsuchinter
estorr
ightandthemannerinwhichi
tisl
ikel
yt obeadvers
ely,aff
ected
andtheamountandt hepart
icul
arsofhi
sclai
mtocompens ati
onforsuchinteres
tor
ri
ght:

However noc l
aimf
orcompensati
ononaccountoftheexti
nct
ionordimi
nuti
onof
ther
ightofpubl
ichi
ghwayoversuc
hroad,s
treet
,laneorpathshal
lbeent
ert
ained.

(
4)TheCons
oli
dat
ionOf
fic
ers
hal
l,

af
terc
ons
ider
ingt
heobj
ect
ionsmadet
othepr
opos
al,

s
ubmi
titwi
ths
uchamendment
sashemayc
ons
idernec
ess
ary
,

totheSettl
ementCommi ss
ioner
,togetherwi
ththeobj
ect
ionsr
ecei
ved,hi
s
recommendationsthereonandas t
atementoftheamount
sofcompensati
on,whi
chi
n
hisopi
nionarepayable,

andoft
heper
sonsbywhom andt
heper
sonst
owhom s
uchc
ompens
ati
oni
spay
abl
e.

Thedeci
si
onoftheSet
tlementCommissi
oneront
hepropos
alandregar
dingt
he
amountofcompens
ati
onandt heper
sonsbywhom s
uchcompensati
on,i
spayabl
e,
shal
l,

s
ubj
ectt
oanymodi
fi
cat
ionmadebyt
heSt
ateGov
ernment
,bef
inal
.

4.
Landr
eser
vedf
orpubl
icpur
pos
e.(
Sec
tion18)

(1)Notwi
thst
andi
nganythi
ngcontai
nedinanylawfortheti
mebei
ngInfor
ce,i
tshal
l
belawf
ulfort
heConsol
idat
ionOff
icer
,incons
ultat
ionwit
hthevi
ll
agecommit
tee,
-

(
a)t
odirec
tthatanyl
andspec
ifi
cal
lyassi
gnedforanypubl
icpur
pos
eshal
lceas
etobe
s
oassi
gnedandtoassi
gnanyotherlandi
nitsplac
e;

(b)i
finanyareaunderc onsol
idati
onnolandisreser
vedforanypublicpur
pos e
i
nc l
udi
ngextensionoft hevi
ll
ages i
tes
,orift
helands or
eservedisi
nadequate,to
assi
gnotherlandf ors
uc hr
equirementsandforthatpur
poset oeff
ectaproporti
onat
e
cutinal
ltheholdingsofthevill
age.

(
2)Wher
eapr oport
ionatecutinallt
heholdi
ngsofavi
ll
agehasbeeneffect
edunder
s
ub-s
ect
ion(1),t
heSt at
eGov ernments
hallpayt
oeveryper
s onaf
fect
edthereby
c
ompensat
ioninrespectofthelandcover
edbysuchcutatthemarketval
ueofthe
l
andatt
hedat
eoft
hepubl
ic
ati
onoft
henot
ifi
cat
ionunders
ect
ion15.

(3)Exceptpr
ovidedinsub-secti
on(2)theamountofsuchcompensati
onshal
lbe
deter
mi nedbytheCons ol
idat
ionOffic
er,sof
araspract
icabl
einaccor
dancewit
hthe
provi
si
onsofs ub-sec
tion(1)ofsec
tion23oftheLandAc qui
sit
ionAct
,1894.

5.
Publ
ic
ati
onofdr
afts
chemeandofamendeddr
afts
cheme(
sec
tion19)

Whenas chemeofc ons olidat

ionisreadyf orpubli
cat
ion,theConsoli
dati
onOf f
icer
shallpublishadr af
tt hereofi nthepr escri
bedmanneri nthevi
ll
ageorv i
ll
ages
conc erned.Anyper sonl ikelytobeaf fectedbysuchsc heme,may,withi
nthir
tyday sof
thedat eofs uchpubl ic
at ion,communi c
at ei
nwr i
ti
ngtot heConsol
idati
onOf f
icerany
objec t
ionsrelat
ingtot hedr aftss
c heme.

(2)Ifanyobjecti
onsar ereceiv
edandaftercons i
deri
ngt hem,t heCons ol
idat
ionOf f
icer
cons i
dersi
tnec essar
yt oamendt hedrafts
c heme,heshal lamendt hedraftscheme
andpubl i
shtheamendeddr af
tsc
hemeaspr ovidedi
ns ub- sect
ion(1).Anyper s
on
l
ikelytobeaf fect
edbys uchamendeddr afts c
heme,may ,withinthi
rtydaysoft he
dateofs uchpublicat
ion,communi c
ateinwr i
tingtotheCons oli
dati
onOf fi
cer,any
objecti
onsrelati
ngt otheamendeddr aftscheme.

(3)(
a)Wher enoobjec
tionsarerecei
vedtothedraftsc
hemepubl
ishedundersub-
sect
ion(1)ortotheamendeddr aftschemepubl
ishedunders
ub-
secti
on(2),s
uch
draf
tschemeoramendeddr af
ts c
heme,

(b)wher
eobjecti
onsarereceivedtothesai
ddraftschemeoramendeddrafts
cheme
buttheConsol
idati
onOf fi
cerdoesnotconsi
deritnecess
aryt
oamendt hesai
ddraf
t
schemeoramendeddr aftscheme,suchdraf
tschemeoramendeddr af
tscheme,
toget
herwit
htheobj ect
ionsandhisremarksthereon,

(c)whereobjecti
onsar ereceiv
edt othes ai
damendeddr aftschemeandaf ter
consideri
ngt heobjecti
ons,theCons oli
dati
onOff
icerconsidersitnecessar
ytoamend
furt
hert heamendeddr aftscheme,s uchamendeddrafts c
hemeasf urt
heramended,
togetherwiththeobj ect
ionsandhi sremarkst
hereon,shallbeforwardedbythe
Consolidati
onOf f
icertotheSet t
lementCommi ssi
onerforc onfi
rmation.

6.
Conf
irmat
ionofdr
afts
chemeoramendeddr
afts
cheme.
(Sec
tion20)

(1)Ifonr ec
eiptofadraftschemeoranamendeddr aftschemeunders ub-sect
ion(3)
ofsec ti
on19,theSett
lementCommi ssioner,aft
erc onsi
deringtheobject
ions,i
fany ,
andt heremarksoftheCons ol
idat
ionOf f
icerthereonandaf terbei
ngotherwise
sat
isfiedaboutthecorrec
tnessofproceduref ol
lowedbyt heCons ol
idat
ionOf f
icerand
theall
otmentofhol
dingsandcompensat
ionoraboutther
ebei
ngnoc l
eri
calor
ari
thmeti
calmist
akeorerr
orari
si
ngfrom acc
ident
alsl
iporomi
ssion,approvesoft
he
drafts
chemeor,asthecasemaybe,amendeddrafts
cheme,heshallconf
irmit.

(2)I
ftheSet t
lementCommi ssi
onerdoesnotappr oveofthedraftsc
hemeort he
amendeddr afts c
hemeforwardedbyt heCons ol
idati
onOf fi
cerandconsi
dersit
necessarytoamendi t
,heshal
lfur t
heramendi tandpubl i
shitasamendedinthe
presc
ribedmanneri nthevi
ll
ageorv i
ll
agesconcerned.Anypersonli
kelyt
obeaf fec
ted
bythedr af
tsc hemeassopublishedmay ,wi
thinthirtydaysofthedateofsuch
publi
cati
on,communi cat
ehisobj ect
ionsinwriti
ngtot heSettl
ementCommi ssi
oner.

(3)I
fnoobjecti
onsarer ec
eivedwi t
hint heperiods pecifi
edins ub-secti
on( 2)
,the
Sett
lementCommi ssi
oners hallconf i
rmt hedrafts chemeaspubl i
shedundert hatsub-
sect
ion.I
fanyobjecti
onsar ereceivedwi t
hinthes aidperiod,t
heSet t
lement
Commi ss
ionershal
lafterconsideringt heobjecti
onsc onfi
rmthedr afts chemeas
publi
shedundersub-secti
on( 2)wi thoutanymodi fi
cationthereinorwi thsuch
modifi
cati
onstherei
nashemayc onsiderneces s
ary .

7.
Enf
orc
ementofs
cheme.
(sec
tion21)

Upont hec
onfi
rmationofanys c
hemeunders ect
ion20,anot i
fi
cati
onstati
ngthatt
he
sc
hemehasbeenc onfir
meds hal
lbepublishedbyt heSet
tlementCommi ssi
onerint
he
Offi
ci
alGaz
ett
e,andt heschemeasc onf
irmeds hal
lbepubl i
shedinthepres
cri
bed
mannerint
hevil
lageorv i
ll
agesconc
erned.

(2)Wit
hinoneyearfrom thedateofpubl
ic
ationofthenotif
icat
ionintheOffi
ci
al
Gazett
eunders
ub- secti
on(1),t
heownersfrom whom compens ati
onisrec
overabl
e
underthesc
hemes halldeposi
ttheamountofc ompensat
ionint hepr
escri
bedmanner
.

(3)TheCons ol
idati
onOffic
ershall,from t
hec ommenc ementoft heagri
c ul
tur
alyear
nextfoll
owingt hedat
eofpubl i
cat i
onofthenot ifi
cati
onintheOf f
ici
alGazetteunder
sub-secti
on(1)andinthepr es
cribedmanner ,putt heownersinpossessi
onoft he
holdi
ngst owhic ht
heyareentitl
edundert hes chemeandf ordoi
ngs omay ,inthe
prescri
bedmanner ,ev
ictanypers onf r
om anylandwhi chheisnotentit
ledtooc cupy
underthes c
heme:

Provi
dedthat,i
ftwo- t
hir
dsormor eoftheownersaff
ectedbytheschemeagreeto
enteri
ntopossessi
onoft hehol
dingstowhichtheyareenti
tl
edunderthesc
heme,the
Consoli
dat
ionOf f
icermayputthem inposs
essionofsuchholdi
ngsfr
om suchear
li
er
dateasmaybedec ideduponbys uchowners.
(4)I
ftheConsol
idati
onOf f
iceri
ssati
sfi
edt hatanystandi
ngcr
ops,t
rees,
embankmentsors i
milarot
herimprovement swhichwerenott
akenint
oc onsi
der
ati
on
attheti
meofdet er
miningthecompens at
ionpay abl
ebyownerofanyhol di
ngunder
thescheme

arefoundons uchholdi
ngatt heti
meofput t
ingtheownerinposs
ess i
onofsuc
h
hol
ding,orthatanysuchst
andi ngcr
ops,t
rees,embankmentsorsi
milarot
her
i
mprov ementswhichweretakenintocons
iderati
onattheti
meofdetermini
ngthe
compensati
onpay abl
ebyanownerofanyhol dinghaveceasedt
oex i
st

oraresubstant
ial
lydamagedatthet
imeofputti
ngtheownerinpos
sessi
onofs
uch
hol
ding,heshal
lbyorderdeter
minei
nthepres
cribedmannert
headdit
ional
compensati
onpayablebytheowner

or,t
hereduc
tiont
obemadei
nthec
ompens
ati
onpay
abl
etot
heor
igi
nalownerof
s
uchhol
ding.

Wher eadditi
onalcompensati
onistobepai
d,its
hallbedeposi
tedintheprescr
ibed
mannerbyt heownerf r
om whom itisr
ecover
abl
e,withi
noney earf
rom thedateof
orderpassedbyt heConsol
idati
onOffi
cerf
ordeter
mi ni
ngtheaddit
ional
compens ati
on.

(
5)I
ftheownerfr
om whom thecompensati
oni
srec
over
abl
efai
lst
odepos
iti
twi
thi
n
t
heperi
odspeci
fi
edi
ns ub-
secti
on(2)or(4)

orwi
thi
nsuchfur
therper
iodnotex
ceedi
ngoney
earasmaybeex
tendedbyt
he
Cons
oli
dat
ionOff
icer
,

i
tshal
lber
ecov
eredf
rom hi
m asanar
rearofl
andr
evenue.

(6)I
fanownerref
usest
oac
ceptpos
ses
sionoft
hehol
dingt
owhi
chhei
sent
itl
ed
undert
hescheme,

hi
sri
ghtsi
nSuchholdi
ngmaybeal
lot
tedi
nthepr
esc
ribedmannerbyt
he
Cons
oli
dat
ionOff
icer

toanyotherpersonwhopayst
hev al
ueofthehol
ding,andinsuc
hc asetheval
ue
real
is
edafterdeduct
ingt
heexpensethati
sthenetval
ue,shal
lbepaidtotheowner
andanyotherpersonhav
inganint
eresti
ntheholdi
ng.

(
7)Ifnopers
onforthc
omi ngtopaythevalueoft
heholding,t
heStat
eGov er
nment
mayrecov
erfrom t
heownert hecompensati
onrecov
erablefr
om hi
m underthe
sc
hemeasanar r
earoflandrevenue
ort
heStateGover
nmentmayitsel
fpurchaset
heholdi
ngaf
terpayi
ngthenetval
ueof
t
hehol
dingtotheownerandanyotherpers
onhavi
nganint
eresti
ntheholdi
ng.

8.Comingintofor
ceofs cheme(s
ect
ion22)Ass oonasthepers
onsenti
tledto
possessi
onofholdingsunderthi
sActhaveenteredi
ntopossessi
onoftheholdi
ngs
respec
tivel
yall
ott
edt othem,thesc
hemes hal
lbedeemedt ohavecomei nt
oforce.

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●Cer
tif
icat
eoft
rans
fer
(sec
tion24)

TheCons
oli
dat
ionOf
fic
ers
hal
lgr
ant

t
oever
yowner,
towhom ahol
dinghasbeenal
lot
tedi
npur
suanc
eofas
chemeof
c
ons
oli
dat
ion

andt
oev
eryper
sont
owhom ar
ighti
sal
lot
tedunders
ub-
sec
tion(
6)ofs
ect
ion21

ac er
tif
icatei
nthepres
cribedf
orm dul
yregi
steredundert
heI
ndi
anRegist
rati
onAct
,
1908,tot heeff
ectt
hatthehol
dinghasbeentransfer
redt
ohi
minpursuanceoft
he
scheme.

TheConsoli
dati
onOf f
icermayc ausetobepubl
ishedi
nnewr ecor
dofrightsinres
pect
oftheholdi
ngssotransfer
red.Andt herec
ordofri
ght
ss oprepar
edshallbedeemed
tohavebeenprepar
edi ntheHy derabadar
eaoftheSt
ate,undertheHyderabad
RecordofRight
sinLandRegul ati
on.

Accor
dingt
o Cl
aus
e(2)Not
wit
hst
andi
ngany
thi
ngc
ont
ainedi
nanyl
awf
ort
het
ime
bei
nginfor
ce

nos
tamporr
egi
str
ati
onf
ees
hal
lbepay
abl
einr
espec
tofs
uchc
ert
ifi
cat
e.

InHemr ajvSiraj
bai2008(
4) Bom. C.
R.669Courthel
dthatdut
yisc
astupon
consol
idationoffi
certoiss
uecer
tif
icatestoeveryownert
owhom hol
dinghasbeen
al
lot
tedinpur suanceofschemeofcons ol
idat
ion.

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Ri
ght
sinhol
dings
(sec
tion28)

Everyowner,
towhom ahol
dingi
sal
lot
tedi
npur
suanc
eofas
chemeofc
ons
oli
dat
ion
s
hall,

s
aveasot
her
wis
epr
ovi
dedi
nsec
tion29A,
hav
ethes
amer
ight
sins
uchhol
dingashehadi
nhi
sor
igi
nalhol
ding.

However thi
ssect
ionshal
lnotapplyt
oanyper
sontowhom ahol
dinghasbeen
al
lot
tedunderthepr
ovis
ionsofsub-s
ecti
on(
6)ofsec
tion21.

Bapus
ahebSaharavVi
tthalPati
l2009(1)Bom.
C.R.
813i
sont
hepoi
nt.I
nthi
scas
e
r
ighttodrawwaterfr
om wellwasr
ecogni
sed.

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•
Trans
ferofenc
umbr
anc
es.
(Sec
tion29)

Iftheholdingofanowneri
ncludedi
naschemeofconsol
idat
ion,whic
hhascomeint
o
forceundersect
ion22,i
sbur
denedwithamort
gage,debtorotherencumbr
ance
otherthanalease

suchmortgage,debtorotherencumbr anc
es hal
lbet
rans
fer
redtheref
rom andatt
ach
i
tsel
ftotheholdingall
ott
edt ohim undertheschemeortos
uchpartofitasthe
Consol
idat
ionOf f
icermay,subj
ecttoanyr ul
esmadeundersec
tion37,appoi
n.

Andthemort
gagee,credi
tororotherenc
umbr
anc
er,ast
hec
asemaybe,s
hal
l
exer
cis
ehi
sri
ght
sac c
or di
ngly
.29A.

Iftheholdi
ngofanownerincludedinas c
hemeofc ons
oli
dationwhi
chhasc omeinto
forceundersect
ion22isbur
denedwi thalease,theConsol
idati
onOffi
cershal
l,byan
orderinwrit
ing,det
ermi
newhet hersuchleas
es hal
lorshal
lnotbetransf
erred
theref
rom.

Acopyoftheor
derpas
sedbytheConsoli
dati
onOff
icerunderthi
ssub-
sect
ionshal
l
beaff
ixedt
oaplac
enearthehol
dingandshal
lal
sobepublishedi
nthepres
cri
bed
manner.

Ac
cordi
ngtocl
aus
e( 2)I
ftheCons oli
dat
ionOf
fic
erdet
ermi
nest
hats
uchl
eas
eshal
l
betr
ansf
err
edf
rom t
heor i
ginalhol
ding

itshallat
tachits
elftothehol di
ngall
ottedtotheownerundert heschemeorsuc h
partofitastheCons ol
idati
onOf fi
cermay,subjecttoanyrul
esmadeunders ect
ion37,
appointandtheles s
ees hal
lexerci
sehi
sr i
ghtsac c
ordi
ngly
.Theprovisi
onsofsub-
secti
ons(2)and( 3)ofsecti
on29s hal
lapplytos uchl
easeasift
heleasewerea
mor t
gageorot herencumbr ance.
(
3)Ift
heConsol
idat
ionOffi
cerdeter
minest
hats
uchl
eas
eshal
lnotbe
t
ransf
err
edfr
om theori
ginalhol
ding

itshal
lremai
nattachedt oit
,andtheownert owhom s uchhol di
ngis
all
ott
edundertheschemes hallhol
ditsubjecttosuchleas e.Thechange
i
nt heowners
hip,applytosuchleas
e;andt heright
sandl iabil
it
iesof
suchownerandthelesseeshallbegovernedbyt heprovisionsofthe
sai
dlawasbetweent helandl
ordandhist enant
Howev
er ownersshal
lnotbeent
itl
edtoar
rearsofr
entdueunders
uchl
eas
e
i
mmediat
elybef
oretheal
lot
mentofthehol
dingasafor
esai
d.

Accordi
ngtoclaus
e(4)anappeal
agai
ns tt
hedeci
si
onoft heConsol
idat
ionOffic
er
underthi
ssec
tionshal
lli
etotheSet
tlementCommiss
ionerwit
hinthepresc
ribedti
me

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•
Barofj
uri
sdi
cti
on(
Sec
tion36A)
.Ac
cor
dingt
osec
tion36A

Ci
vilCour
torMamlatdar
'sCour
tshal
lhav eno jur
isdi
cti
ont
os et
tle,dec
ideordeal
wit
hanyquesti
onwhichisbyorunderthisActrequi
redtobesett
led,deci
dedordeal
t
wit
hbyt heSt
ateGovernmentoranyoffi
cerorauthori
ty.

Accor
dingt
oClause(2)noor
deroftheStat
eGov ernmentoranysuchof f
iceror
aut
horit
ymadeunderthi
sActshal
lbequest
ionedinanyCivi
l,Cr
iminalorMaml at
dar
's
Court
.

I
nAs
hokYes
hwant vShankarMar
uti2001(
3)Bom.
C.R.27.

Cour
thel
dthati
nmat
terofc
ons
oli
dat
ionc
ivi
lcour
thasnoj
uri
sdi
cti
on.

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