THE UTTAR PRADESH

REVENUE CODE, 2006

• UTTAR PRADESH ZALR act, 1950 was no doubt a notable Historical
enactment of U.P Legislature which indeed abolished the Zamindari system in
U.P which involved intermediaries between state and cultivators.
• Land tenure was simplified
• Ceiling on land accumulation was imposed and many other reforms were
introduced.
• This enactment paved the way of the distribution of land to poors and
depressed class of the society according to the mandates of the Constitution.
• Law is an instrument of social change and progress.
• Utility of any enactment testifies with the time.
• It is often said that the land laws are very difficult to understand by common man, the
procedure and process of the court is so complex that it defies the object of the enactment.
• There were 39 enactments including ZALR, 1950 and Land Revenue Act 1901.
• Therefore there was need to codify all of the above into one single code and thus in order
to simplify and consolidate the Revenue Laws there was necessity of a new enactment.
• In 1977, U.P Land revenue code bill, 1977 was originated before the legislative
assembly in order to have a single revenue code instead of 39 enactments.
• The bill elapsed as the duration of the Assembly came to end.
• In 1980 after the formation of new assembly the UP Revenue code Bill was again
originated in Legislative Assembly where it was referred to select Committee but the bill
could not pass.
• The codification remained pending and in the year 1998 the code bill was sent to the
state Law Commission for its comments and redrafting the same which gave its report
on dec 22, 2000.
• In the light U.P Revenue Code Bill, 2006was passed by the legislative
Assembly and sent to Governor for his assent.
• Reserved by Governor for assent of the President.
• President assented on 29 nov 2012 and notified in the U.P Gazette.
• Meanwhile in between several amendments were made in U.P ZLRA, 1950 and
several principles were laid down by Allahabad High Court and Supreme Court
of India over the various provisios of the above Act.
Drafting committee

• Made under chairmanship of Shri Raj Bahadur Singh Yadav, Additional

Advocate General, Government of U.P. with the members, etc.
• Committee submitted its report on 16 July 2015 to the Board of Revenue, U.P.
In the light of which the U.P Revenue code (Amendment) ordinance, 2015nwas
promulgated on 15 December 2015.
• The above ordinance was replaced by Act no 4 of 2016 that is Revenue
code(Amendment) Act 2016 which amended the Revenue Code, 2006(as
amended by Act No. 4 of 2016) on 11 February 2016 in whole of the U.P
Salient Features of the Code

• Appointment of Revenue Officer( Judicial): speedy disposal

• Physical division of minjumla
• Division of share of co- sharer.
• Correction of error and omission
• Provision as to record and survey operation: sec 43 of the code, Abadi.
• Provision of the vacant Land for allotment.
• Equal share of wife in allotted Land: sec 64 and 127 of the code
• Provision as to settlement of certain house sites with existing owners: sec 67-A
of the code provides for settlement of house sites.
• the house which are built and exists on 29 Nov 2010 on any Land referred to
in sec 63 of this code ( that is on the Land entrusted to Gram Panchayat) but are
not built on the land which is reserved for public purpouses shall be settled
with the owner of the house.
• Consolidated Gaon fund: sec 69(5)
• Provision as to appointment of standing counsel and other panel Lawyers: sec 72
• Provision for converting asami as bhumidhar with non- transferable right: sec
76(dd)
• Power to change class of land
• Provision to maintain the record of the land declared for non- agricultural
purposes sec 143
• Lease by disabled person for agriculture: sec 95
• Provision for transfer of bhumidhar belonging to SC with thee permission of collector:
sec 157-A, sec 98 of UP, REVENUE CODE, 2006
• Provision of exchange in certain cases.
• Unmarried daughters to be the first Class successors. SEC 108(2)(a)
• Prevention of arrest and detention for arrears of land revenue not exceeding Rs. 50000.
• Provision for using modern technique for land management. GPS, ETS MACHINES
• New provision for furtherance of speedy and prompt justice to the tenure
holders:
• Determination of summary proceedings on the basis of affidavit sec 225-A
• Provision as to caveat sec 225 B.
• Provision for village Revenue Committee.
• Consolidation of cases 225-F
• Time bound disposal of the cases