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The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

Act ID: 1956

The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

"Full text of The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956"

Table of Contents

294 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Enactments not affected by Act S.3Interpretation S.4Establishment and Composition of Board S.5Tenure of Members S.6Place of Sitting S.7Ministerial Officers S.8Powers of the Board S.9General Superintendence of Subordinate Revenue Courts S.10Jurisdiction of Board how exercised S.11Power to refer to a Bench S.12Power to refer question to High Court S.13Decision in case of difference of opinion S.14Registers etc. to be kept S.15Territorial Divisions S.16Power to create, abolish or alter divisions etc S.17Commissioners and Additional Commissioners S.18Settlement Commissioner and Additional Settlement Commissioner S.19Director and Additional Directors of Land Records S.20Appoint of other Officers S.20ARevenue Appellate Authority S.21Appointment ex-officio S.22Notification of appointment S.23Controlling Power S.24Subordination of Revenue Courts and Officers S.25Powers and duties of Courts and Officers S.26Additional powers of Courts and Officers S.27Inherent powers of Courts and officers S.28Officers temporarily succeeding to a permanent vacancies S.29Temporary-absence of officers S.30Formation and alteration of Patwaris Circles S.31Appointment of Patwaris S.32Formation and alteration of Land Records Inspection circles S.33Appointment of Girdawar Qanungos or Land Records Inspectors S.34Sadar Qanungos S.35Qualifications etc. of Patwaris and Qanungos S.36Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records S.40ATermination of the services of Lambardars S.41Village Servants S.42Vacancies S.43Register of village servants S.44Remuneration of village servants S.45Non-liability of remuneration attachment S.46Duties of village servants S.47Appointment how to be made S.48Disqualifications for appointment S.49Punishment, suspension and removal of village servant and Lambardars S.50Power to place village watchman under police authorities S.51Place for holding court or making inquiries S.52Power to enter upon and survey land S.53Power of Government, Board etc. to transfer cases S.54Power of transfer cases to and from subordinates S.55Consolidation of cases S.56Appearances, applications etc. by whom made S.56APresentation of applications, appeals, etc S.57Power of Revenue Courts on officers to require attendance of persons and production of document and to receive evidence S.58Summons to be in writing signed and sealed S.59Serving of summons S.60Mode of Serving Notice S.61Mode of issuing proclamations S.62Notice or proclamation not void for error S.63Hearing in absence of party S.64Adjournment of hearing S.65No appeal form order passed under Section 63 S.66Power to give and apportion costs S.67Correction or error or omission S.68Power to refer disputes to arbitration S.69Procedure in cases referred to arbitration S.70Application to set aside award S.71Decision according to award S.72Bar to appeal & suit in Civil Court S.73Delivery of possession of immovable property S.74Appeal to be as followed by this Act S.75First Appeals S.76Second Appeals S.77No appeal in certain cases S.78Limitation for appeals S.79Copy of 58xxx order objected to, to accompany petition S.80Power of Appellate Authority S.81Power to stay execution of 59xxx orders of lower court S.82Power 60xxx to call for records and proceedings and reference to State Government of Board S.83Power of Government to call for records and revise orders S.84Power of Board to call for records and revise orders S.85Hearing S.85AReview by the State Government S.86Review by the Board and other Courts S.87Application of Act IX of 1908 S.88All roads etc. and all land which are not the property of others belong to the State S.89Right of minerals, mines, quarries and fisheries S.90Liability of all land to payment of revenue or rent S.90AUse of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose S.91Unauthorlsed occupation of Land S.92Land may be set apart for special purposes S.93Regulation of use of Pasturage S.94Powers to regulate control and management of forest growth S.94ARoadside trees S.94BRoadside trees S.95Development of abadi S.96Collector to fix rates of premium S.97Auction of abadi land S.98Land granted for receptacles of household refuse, etc. and for storing fodder S.99Right to regulate the construction of a building in a village S.100Sale of land in Industrial and Commercial Areas S.101Allotment of land for agricultural purposes S.102Power of Government to allot land for purposes other than agricultural as well as on special terms S.102ALand which may be entrusted with Local Authorities S.103Land and Abadi defined for the purposes of Chapter VI S.104Cases in which power of Revenue Officers may beexercised by local Authorities S.105Rights of tenants under Section 31, Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955, not affcted S.106Survey or re-survey S.107Record Operations S.108Record Officers S.109Mode of conducting operations S.110Assistance in survey of boundaries S.111Assistance in survey of boundaries S.112Assistance in survey of boundaries S.113Preparation of record of rights S.114Contents of record of rights S.115Inviting claims to lands appearing to have no owner S.116Procedure when unclaimed land is used for common purposes S.117Procedure when limited right over such land is established S.118Determination and record of khudkasht land S.119Determinatio of the abadi of a village S.120Register of villages S.121Particulars to be stated in khatauni S.122Attestation of entries S.123xxx S.124Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed S.125xxx S.126Existing records to be acted upon S.127Proceedings pending upon close of survey & record operations S.128Boundary disputes S.129Obligation of holders as to boundary marks S.130Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks S.131Maintenance of Map and Field Book S.132Annual Registers S.133Report of succession and transfer of possession S.134Fine for neglect to report S.135Procedure on report S.136Correction of errors S.137Succession to estates S.138Inspection of records S.139Copies of entries S.140Presumption as to entires S.140AProcedure in disputes relating to khudkasht entries S.141Decisions to be binding on revenue courts S.141ADefinitions S.141BPower to order survey S.141CEntry upon land S.141DNotice of survey may be given before hand S.141ESurvey may be proceeded with suer service of notice under Section 141-D S.141FSuney map and register S.141GErection of boundary marks S.141HMaintenance of temporary boundary marks S.141IDisputes as to boundaries S.141JAppeal to the Collector S.141KPower to refer to arbitration S.141lDocuments connected with survey to be sent to officer or authority in charge of sunny S.141MMaintenance of maps registers S.141NSurvey fees S.141OCost of Survey S.141PPenalty for failure to comply with requisition in notice S.141Q_________S.141RRules S.141SProceedings not to be affected by informality S.141TProceedings not to be affected by informality S.142Settlement or re-settlement S.143Probable results of resettlement S.144Consideration which shall determine whether re settlement shall be made S.145Settlement Officers S.146Transfer of duties of Land Records OHicer to settlement Officer S.147Rules S.148Economic Survey S.149Formation of assessment circles or groups S.150Soil Classification S.151Evolution of rent-rates S.152Basic of rent-rates S.153Modifications of rates S.154Matters to be determined and recorded S.155Publication and submission of proposals S.156Sanction of proposals S.157Assessment of rents S.158Land to be excluded from assessment S.159Allowance for improvements S.160Existing rent to be taken Into consldemrlon while assessing rents S.161Limits of enhancement S.162Progressive enhancement S.163Additional provision for assessment of Chahi holdings S.164Preparation and distribution of parchas S.165Interim stoppage of recovery of kind rents S.166Hearing of objections and determination of rent S.167Rent from what date payable S.168Option to tenant to refuse rent determined S.169Effect o refusal S.170Offer of holding to other persons S.171Procedure upon non-refusal S.172Rent not liable to variation during currency of settlement –S.173Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai S.174Presumption of settlement entries S.175Term of Setlement S.175Acommencement of term of sottlement S.176Senior terminology of settlement S.176AInterim relief during settlement opemtlons S.177Tenure of lend under expired settlement until resettlement S.177AIncrease in assessment of irrigated land assessed at un-ir-rigated rates S.178Short term settlement S.179Settlement of land added by alluvian and revision of assessment when culturable area reduced by fluvial action S.180Power of Government to levy additional urban rates S.181Applications and proceedings pending before Settlement Officer when operations are closed S.182Corrections of errors and ommissions S.183Review of sanctioned rent-rates S.184Partition S.185Partible estates S.186Persons entitled to swim partition S.187Application for partition S.188To whom application lies S.189Partition of an estate falling under several districts S.190Consolidation of claims S.191Power to stay partition of an estate S.192Proclamation of application for partition S.193Objection raising question of title S.194Stay of partition pending decision of appeal S.195Attachment of estate pending completion of partition S.196Method of trial S.197Oetermlnation of principiesand conditions of valuations S.198Preliminary darn for pa`nition S.199Penman by whom to be made S.200Partition by agreement S.201Partition by arbitration S.202Court when to make partition itself S.203Estimate and levy of partition costs S.204Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant S.205Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant S.206Issue of proclamation -S.207Consideration of proposals and determination of claims and objections -S.208Division of tenants's holding S.209Division of khudkasht S.210Allotment of lands held in common S.211Buildings, gardens etc. of one co sharer on land allotted to another S.212Tanks, wells, water courses and embankments S.213Places of worship and cremation or burial grounds S.214Incompactness a reason for disallowing partition S.215Distribution of revenue on partition S.216Final order for partition S.217Instrument of partition S.218Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition S.219Division of complex estates S.220Fraudulent or erroneous distribution of revenue S.221Under-assessed estates to refund to over-assessed estates S.222Consolidation of estates forming part of the same village S.223Chapter not to apply to division between Govemment and estate holder S.224Revenue, a first charge on land and its produce S.225Responsibility for revenue S.226Rules as to payment of arrears and defaulters S.227Certified account to be evidence as to arrears S.228Processes for recovery of arrears S.229Writ of demand and citation to appear S.229APower to grant Instalments S.230Attachment and sale of movable property –S.231Attachment of the Land S.232Powers and obligations of manager S.233Proclamation of attachment S.234Proclamation of attachment S.235Sale of defaulter’s specific area, patti or estate S.236Land to be sold free of encumbrances S.237Powers to proceed against Interest of defaulter In property other than that In respect of which default is made S.238Proclamation of sale S.239Sale when and by whom to be made S.240Prohibition to bid for an acquire the property sold S.241When sale may be stayed S.242Deposit by purchaser, re-sale in default of deposit S.243Purchase money when to be paid S.244Liability of purchaser for loss by re-sale S.245Proclamation before re-sale S.246Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrear S.247Application to set aside the sale for irregularity etc S.248Order confirming or setting aside sale S.249Bar of claims founded on irregularitty of mistake S.250Refund of purchase-money when sale set aside S.251Purchaser to be put in possession – Certificate of Purchase S.252Application of proceeds of sale S.253Liability of purchaser for revenur or rent S.254Pre-emption by co-sharers S.255108xxx S.256Recovery of miscellaneous revenue and other moneys S.257Recovery of moneys from sureties S.257AApplication for Recovery of Moneys referred to in Sections 256 and 257 S.257BPayment under protest and further remedy S.258Recovery of costs etc S.259Jurisdiction of civil courts excluded S.260Delegation S.261Power to make rules S.262Patwaris, etc. to be public servants S.263Repeal and Savings

The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

Act ID: 1956

The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

"Full text of The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956"

Table of Contents

294 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Enactments not affected by Act S.3Interpretation S.4Establishment and Composition of Board S.5Tenure of Members S.6Place of Sitting S.7Ministerial Officers S.8Powers of the Board S.9General Superintendence of Subordinate Revenue Courts S.10Jurisdiction of Board how exercised S.11Power to refer to a Bench S.12Power to refer question to High Court S.13Decision in case of difference of opinion S.14Registers etc. to be kept S.15Territorial Divisions S.16Power to create, abolish or alter divisions etc S.17Commissioners and Additional Commissioners S.18Settlement Commissioner and Additional Settlement Commissioner S.19Director and Additional Directors of Land Records S.20Appoint of other Officers S.20ARevenue Appellate Authority S.21Appointment ex-officio S.22Notification of appointment S.23Controlling Power S.24Subordination of Revenue Courts and Officers S.25Powers and duties of Courts and Officers S.26Additional powers of Courts and Officers S.27Inherent powers of Courts and officers S.28Officers temporarily succeeding to a permanent vacancies S.29Temporary-absence of officers S.30Formation and alteration of Patwaris Circles S.31Appointment of Patwaris S.32Formation and alteration of Land Records Inspection circles S.33Appointment of Girdawar Qanungos or Land Records Inspectors S.34Sadar Qanungos S.35Qualifications etc. of Patwaris and Qanungos S.36Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records S.40ATermination of the services of Lambardars S.41Village Servants S.42Vacancies S.43Register of village servants S.44Remuneration of village servants S.45Non-liability of remuneration attachment S.46Duties of village servants S.47Appointment how to be made S.48Disqualifications for appointment S.49Punishment, suspension and removal of village servant and Lambardars S.50Power to place village watchman under police authorities S.51Place for holding court or making inquiries S.52Power to enter upon and survey land S.53Power of Government, Board etc. to transfer cases S.54Power of transfer cases to and from subordinates S.55Consolidation of cases S.56Appearances, applications etc. by whom made S.56APresentation of applications, appeals, etc S.57Power of Revenue Courts on officers to require attendance of persons and production of document and to receive evidence S.58Summons to be in writing signed and sealed S.59Serving of summons S.60Mode of Serving Notice S.61Mode of issuing proclamations S.62Notice or proclamation not void for error S.63Hearing in absence of party S.64Adjournment of hearing S.65No appeal form order passed under Section 63 S.66Power to give and apportion costs S.67Correction or error or omission S.68Power to refer disputes to arbitration S.69Procedure in cases referred to arbitration S.70Application to set aside award S.71Decision according to award S.72Bar to appeal & suit in Civil Court S.73Delivery of possession of immovable property S.74Appeal to be as followed by this Act S.75First Appeals S.76Second Appeals S.77No appeal in certain cases S.78Limitation for appeals S.79Copy of 58xxx order objected to, to accompany petition S.80Power of Appellate Authority S.81Power to stay execution of 59xxx orders of lower court S.82Power 60xxx to call for records and proceedings and reference to State Government of Board S.83Power of Government to call for records and revise orders S.84Power of Board to call for records and revise orders S.85Hearing S.85AReview by the State Government S.86Review by the Board and other Courts S.87Application of Act IX of 1908 S.88All roads etc. and all land which are not the property of others belong to the State S.89Right of minerals, mines, quarries and fisheries S.90Liability of all land to payment of revenue or rent S.90AUse of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose S.91Unauthorlsed occupation of Land S.92Land may be set apart for special purposes S.93Regulation of use of Pasturage S.94Powers to regulate control and management of forest growth S.94ARoadside trees S.94BRoadside trees S.95Development of abadi S.96Collector to fix rates of premium S.97Auction of abadi land S.98Land granted for receptacles of household refuse, etc. and for storing fodder S.99Right to regulate the construction of a building in a village S.100Sale of land in Industrial and Commercial Areas S.101Allotment of land for agricultural purposes S.102Power of Government to allot land for purposes other than agricultural as well as on special terms S.102ALand which may be entrusted with Local Authorities S.103Land and Abadi defined for the purposes of Chapter VI S.104Cases in which power of Revenue Officers may beexercised by local Authorities S.105Rights of tenants under Section 31, Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955, not affcted S.106Survey or re-survey S.107Record Operations S.108Record Officers S.109Mode of conducting operations S.110Assistance in survey of boundaries S.111Assistance in survey of boundaries S.112Assistance in survey of boundaries S.113Preparation of record of rights S.114Contents of record of rights S.115Inviting claims to lands appearing to have no owner S.116Procedure when unclaimed land is used for common purposes S.117Procedure when limited right over such land is established S.118Determination and record of khudkasht land S.119Determinatio of the abadi of a village S.120Register of villages S.121Particulars to be stated in khatauni S.122Attestation of entries S.123xxx S.124Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed S.125xxx S.126Existing records to be acted upon S.127Proceedings pending upon close of survey & record operations S.128Boundary disputes S.129Obligation of holders as to boundary marks S.130Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks S.131Maintenance of Map and Field Book S.132Annual Registers S.133Report of succession and transfer of possession S.134Fine for neglect to report S.135Procedure on report S.136Correction of errors S.137Succession to estates S.138Inspection of records S.139Copies of entries S.140Presumption as to entires S.140AProcedure in disputes relating to khudkasht entries S.141Decisions to be binding on revenue courts S.141ADefinitions S.141BPower to order survey S.141CEntry upon land S.141DNotice of survey may be given before hand S.141ESurvey may be proceeded with suer service of notice under Section 141-D S.141FSuney map and register S.141GErection of boundary marks S.141HMaintenance of temporary boundary marks S.141IDisputes as to boundaries S.141JAppeal to the Collector S.141KPower to refer to arbitration S.141lDocuments connected with survey to be sent to officer or authority in charge of sunny S.141MMaintenance of maps registers S.141NSurvey fees S.141OCost of Survey S.141PPenalty for failure to comply with requisition in notice S.141Q_________S.141RRules S.141SProceedings not to be affected by informality S.141TProceedings not to be affected by informality S.142Settlement or re-settlement S.143Probable results of resettlement S.144Consideration which shall determine whether re settlement shall be made S.145Settlement Officers S.146Transfer of duties of Land Records OHicer to settlement Officer S.147Rules S.148Economic Survey S.149Formation of assessment circles or groups S.150Soil Classification S.151Evolution of rent-rates S.152Basic of rent-rates S.153Modifications of rates S.154Matters to be determined and recorded S.155Publication and submission of proposals S.156Sanction of proposals S.157Assessment of rents S.158Land to be excluded from assessment S.159Allowance for improvements S.160Existing rent to be taken Into consldemrlon while assessing rents S.161Limits of enhancement S.162Progressive enhancement S.163Additional provision for assessment of Chahi holdings S.164Preparation and distribution of parchas S.165Interim stoppage of recovery of kind rents S.166Hearing of objections and determination of rent S.167Rent from what date payable S.168Option to tenant to refuse rent determined S.169Effect o refusal S.170Offer of holding to other persons S.171Procedure upon non-refusal S.172Rent not liable to variation during currency of settlement –S.173Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai S.174Presumption of settlement entries S.175Term of Setlement S.175Acommencement of term of sottlement S.176Senior terminology of settlement S.176AInterim relief during settlement opemtlons S.177Tenure of lend under expired settlement until resettlement S.177AIncrease in assessment of irrigated land assessed at un-ir-rigated rates S.178Short term settlement S.179Settlement of land added by alluvian and revision of assessment when culturable area reduced by fluvial action S.180Power of Government to levy additional urban rates S.181Applications and proceedings pending before Settlement Officer when operations are closed S.182Corrections of errors and ommissions S.183Review of sanctioned rent-rates S.184Partition S.185Partible estates S.186Persons entitled to swim partition S.187Application for partition S.188To whom application lies S.189Partition of an estate falling under several districts S.190Consolidation of claims S.191Power to stay partition of an estate S.192Proclamation of application for partition S.193Objection raising question of title S.194Stay of partition pending decision of appeal S.195Attachment of estate pending completion of partition S.196Method of trial S.197Oetermlnation of principiesand conditions of valuations S.198Preliminary darn for pa`nition S.199Penman by whom to be made S.200Partition by agreement S.201Partition by arbitration S.202Court when to make partition itself S.203Estimate and levy of partition costs S.204Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant S.205Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant S.206Issue of proclamation -S.207Consideration of proposals and determination of claims and objections -S.208Division of tenants's holding S.209Division of khudkasht S.210Allotment of lands held in common S.211Buildings, gardens etc. of one co sharer on land allotted to another S.212Tanks, wells, water courses and embankments S.213Places of worship and cremation or burial grounds S.214Incompactness a reason for disallowing partition S.215Distribution of revenue on partition S.216Final order for partition S.217Instrument of partition S.218Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition S.219Division of complex estates S.220Fraudulent or erroneous distribution of revenue S.221Under-assessed estates to refund to over-assessed estates S.222Consolidation of estates forming part of the same village S.223Chapter not to apply to division between Govemment and estate holder S.224Revenue, a first charge on land and its produce S.225Responsibility for revenue S.226Rules as to payment of arrears and defaulters S.227Certified account to be evidence as to arrears S.228Processes for recovery of arrears S.229Writ of demand and citation to appear S.229APower to grant Instalments S.230Attachment and sale of movable property –S.231Attachment of the Land S.232Powers and obligations of manager S.233Proclamation of attachment S.234Proclamation of attachment S.235Sale of defaulter’s specific area, patti or estate S.236Land to be sold free of encumbrances S.237Powers to proceed against Interest of defaulter In property other than that In respect of which default is made S.238Proclamation of sale S.239Sale when and by whom to be made S.240Prohibition to bid for an acquire the property sold S.241When sale may be stayed S.242Deposit by purchaser, re-sale in default of deposit S.243Purchase money when to be paid S.244Liability of purchaser for loss by re-sale S.245Proclamation before re-sale S.246Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrear S.247Application to set aside the sale for irregularity etc S.248Order confirming or setting aside sale S.249Bar of claims founded on irregularitty of mistake S.250Refund of purchase-money when sale set aside S.251Purchaser to be put in possession – Certificate of Purchase S.252Application of proceeds of sale S.253Liability of purchaser for revenur or rent S.254Pre-emption by co-sharers S.255108xxx S.256Recovery of miscellaneous revenue and other moneys S.257Recovery of moneys from sureties S.257AApplication for Recovery of Moneys referred to in Sections 256 and 257 S.257BPayment under protest and further remedy S.258Recovery of costs etc S.259Jurisdiction of civil courts excluded S.260Delegation S.261Power to make rules S.262Patwaris, etc. to be public servants S.263Repeal and Savings