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The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

Act ID: 1950

The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

"An Act to declare and amend the law relating to agricultural tenancies, record-of-rights and certain other matters in Ajmer."

Table of Contents

205 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Repeal S.3Savings S.4Definitions S.5Power of landlord and tenant to act through agent S.6Primary rights of tenant S.7Prohibition of certain acts S.8Prohibition against deprivation of certain rights S.9Certain rights of landlord S.10Definition S.11Application for demarcation S.12Order of demarcation of niji jot S.13Demarcation S.14Status of tenant of niji jot S.15Succession to niji jot S.16Collector's powers to let to tenants S.17Classes of tenants S.18Occupancy tenants S.19Exproprietary tenants S.20Acquisition of exproprietary rights S.21Relinquishment of exproprietary rights S.22Hereditary tenants S.23Land in which hereditary rights shall not accrue S.24Non-occupancy tenants S.25Interest of a tenant, if heritable and transferable S.26Prohibition against certain kind of transfer or sub-lease S.27Right to sub-let S.28Tenancy, when extinguished S.29Life tenancy of female, when extinguished S.30Rights of sub-tenant on extinction of tenant's interest S.31Vacating of holding on extinction of right S.32Possession of land not vacated S.33Division of holdings S.34Co-tenant's right to claim division of produce S.35Right of tenant in land received in exchange S.36Exchange of land for consolidation of cultivated area S.37Acquisition of land by the landlord for certain purposes S.38Decision of certain disputes arising out of acquisition proceedings S.39Reinstatement of tenant ejected under section 37 S.40Acquisition of proprietary right by tenant S.41Right to written lease and procedure to obtain it S.42Registration of leases S.43Declaration of rights in certain cases S.44Right of certain tenants to make improvements S.45Right of non-occupancy tenants to make improvements S.46Right of landlord to make Improvement S.47Provision when both landlord and tenant want to make the same improvement S.48Restrictions on making improvement S.49Compensation for improvement, when permissible S.50Determination of compensation S.51Works benefiting other land S.52Disputes as regards improvements S.53Right of tenant paying fixed money rent to plant tree S.54Right of a tenant paying batai or bighori to plant tree S.55Tenant's rights in tree existing at the commencement of the Act S.56Decision of disputes regarding trees S.57Surrender by tenant S.58Abandonment S.59Taking possession of holding surrendered or abandoned S.60Dispute arising out of surrender and abandonment of land S.61Acceptance of premium; how far permissible S.62Lag, neg and cess S.63Liability for payment of rent S.64Scale of rent for different classes of tenants S.65Status and liability of person permitted to retain possession S.66Hypothecation of produce towards payment of rent S.67Procedure when produce is attached by civil or revenue court S.68Right of landlord to collect rent from cultivator S.69No cartage allowed S.70Presumption as to payment by tenant and application of such payment S.71Modes of making payment of money rent S.72Right to get receipt S.73Penalty for not issuing proper receipt S.74Obligation of Chief Commissioner to print and supply books of receipt S.75Penalty for non-production of receipt book with counterfoils S.76Rights and liabilities in respect of produce S.77Application for officer to make division S.78Application for kuta S.79Procedure on application S.80Collector to publish return of current prices S.81Assessment of bighori by court S.82Commutation of batai rent into bighori in certain cases S.83Payment of commuted rent S.84Rent when and how payable S.85Claim for arrears of rent S.86Interest in cases of arrears of rent S.87Landlord's power to charge irrigation dues S.88Method of recovering sayar S.89Realisation of sayar as arrears of revenue S.90Recovery of arrears in the event of general refusal to pay S.91Application of certain sections to biswadars S.92Arrears deemed satisfied when tenant is ejected S.93Decree for arrears, how executed S.94Adjustment of arrears and compensation on ejectment S.95Entry of landholder on land from which tenant is ordered to be ejected S.96Grounds of ejectment S.97Special grounds of ejectment of non-occupancy tenants S.98Procedure in ejectment for decreed arrears S.99Procedure for ejectment on other grounds S.100Application for ejectment of non-occupancy tenant S.101Procedure on application S.102Remedies for wrongful ejectment S.103Procedure on application S.104Ejectment of person occupying land without title S.105Procedure on application S.106Consequences of failure to file application under section 102 or 104 S.107No separate relief claimable, if not claimed in revenue court S.108Tenant's right to claim inquiry for illegal exaction and other matters S.109Power to award compensation in proceedings for arrears of rent S.110Prosecution of landholder for illegal exaction S.111Compensation for exaction by landholder and for false complaint by tenant S.112Penalty for habitual infringement of rights of tenant S.113Penalty for illegal entry on a holding S.114Compensation, how realisable S.115Exemption of muafidar S.116Interpretation S.117Grant which cannot be resumed S.118Grounds on which certain grants may be resumed S.119How to deal with resumable grant S.120Application of certain Chapters and sections to grantees S.121Grants, how far transferable S.122Void transactions S.123Power to hear cases of grantees S.124Applicability of Part III S.125Power to form and alter Patwaris circles S.126Appointment of patwaris S.127Appointment of girdawars S.128Cadre and pay of girdawars and patwaris S.129Girdawars and patwaris to be public servants S.130Maintenance of maps and fieldbooks S.131Obligation of owners as to boundary marks S.132Record-of-rights S.133Contents of certain registers S.134Registers of revenue-paying, revenue-assigned and revenue-free villages S.135The annual registers S.136Obligation to furnish information necessary for compilation of certain record-of-rights S.137Decision of disputes S.138Inquiry into cases S.139Certain decisions, no bar to civil suit S.140Value of entries and decisions in contested cases S.141Appointment and punishment of lambardars and patels S.142Record and rent-rate operations S.143Powers of the record officer, assistant record officer and rent-rate officer S.144Sanctioned rates S.145Duration of rent-rates S.146Circle and soil classification S.147Basis of rates for hereditary tenants S.148Provision for rates in special cases S.149Procedure in publishing and sanctioning rates S.150Civil suit relating to record-of-rights and certain other matters barred S.151Commutation of rent from kind to cash S.152Commutation of rent from cash to kind S.153Grounds of abatement of fixed money rent S.154Ground of enhancement of fixed money rent S.155Order for determination, commutation or variation of rent, when to take effect S.156Joinder of parties in cases relating to variation of rent S.157Determination of rent on partial ejectment S.158Rent, how calculated for commutation, variation or determination S.159Meaning of "substantial" in certain sections S.160Basis of variation of rent in certain cases S.161Period for which rent is not liable to modification S.162Applications for variation of rent, by whom to be entertained S.163Provision of rent and revenue in an emergency S.164Remission or suspension of rent in agricultural calamities S.165Bar to collection of rent remitted or suspended S.166Period of suspension to be excluded in computing period of limitation S.167Remission for calamity by court decreeing claim for arrears S.168Jurisdiction of certain courts excluded in cases of remission and suspension of rent or revenue S.169Cases cognizable by revenue courts S.170Procedure of revenue courts S.171Application of Indian Limitation Act, 1908 S.172Limitation in cases under this Act S.173Payment of court-fees under this Act S.174Subordination of courts S.175Place of sitting of revenue courts S.176Chief Commissioner's power to confer powers S.177Collector's power to place assistant commissioner in charge of subdivision S.178Collector's powers to authorise certain courts to entertain and dispose of applications S.179Powers of revenue courts to refer cases for investigation and report S.180Powers of Chief Commissioner to create shamlat committee and courts S.181Decree or order to be final in certain circumstances S.182Submission to confirming court S.183Form of decree or order to be submitted for confirmation S.184Procedure for confirmation S.185Review by the Chief Commissioner S.186Review by other courts S.187Revision S.188Power to transfer cases S.189Power of collector to transfer and withdraw cases S.190Sub-divisional officer's power to transfer cases S.191Power of record officer to transfer and withdraw cases S.192Transfer of cases by the district judge S.193Dispute as regards ownership of land S.194Procedure when plea of proprietary right raised in revenue court S.195Procedure when plea of tenancy raised in civil court S.196Reference to Judicial Commissioner S.197Provision for injunction and appointment of receiver S.198Cases in which legal practitioners may appear S.199Persons who may appear before a revenue court S.200Costs in revenue courts S.201Power of revenue court to summon persons S.202Mode of service of summons or notice S.203Power to make rules S.204Reinstatement of tenant ejected before commencement of this Act S.205Provision for pending and other cases

The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

Act ID: 1950

The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

"An Act to declare and amend the law relating to agricultural tenancies, record-of-rights and certain other matters in Ajmer."

Table of Contents

205 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Repeal S.3Savings S.4Definitions S.5Power of landlord and tenant to act through agent S.6Primary rights of tenant S.7Prohibition of certain acts S.8Prohibition against deprivation of certain rights S.9Certain rights of landlord S.10Definition S.11Application for demarcation S.12Order of demarcation of niji jot S.13Demarcation S.14Status of tenant of niji jot S.15Succession to niji jot S.16Collector's powers to let to tenants S.17Classes of tenants S.18Occupancy tenants S.19Exproprietary tenants S.20Acquisition of exproprietary rights S.21Relinquishment of exproprietary rights S.22Hereditary tenants S.23Land in which hereditary rights shall not accrue S.24Non-occupancy tenants S.25Interest of a tenant, if heritable and transferable S.26Prohibition against certain kind of transfer or sub-lease S.27Right to sub-let S.28Tenancy, when extinguished S.29Life tenancy of female, when extinguished S.30Rights of sub-tenant on extinction of tenant's interest S.31Vacating of holding on extinction of right S.32Possession of land not vacated S.33Division of holdings S.34Co-tenant's right to claim division of produce S.35Right of tenant in land received in exchange S.36Exchange of land for consolidation of cultivated area S.37Acquisition of land by the landlord for certain purposes S.38Decision of certain disputes arising out of acquisition proceedings S.39Reinstatement of tenant ejected under section 37 S.40Acquisition of proprietary right by tenant S.41Right to written lease and procedure to obtain it S.42Registration of leases S.43Declaration of rights in certain cases S.44Right of certain tenants to make improvements S.45Right of non-occupancy tenants to make improvements S.46Right of landlord to make Improvement S.47Provision when both landlord and tenant want to make the same improvement S.48Restrictions on making improvement S.49Compensation for improvement, when permissible S.50Determination of compensation S.51Works benefiting other land S.52Disputes as regards improvements S.53Right of tenant paying fixed money rent to plant tree S.54Right of a tenant paying batai or bighori to plant tree S.55Tenant's rights in tree existing at the commencement of the Act S.56Decision of disputes regarding trees S.57Surrender by tenant S.58Abandonment S.59Taking possession of holding surrendered or abandoned S.60Dispute arising out of surrender and abandonment of land S.61Acceptance of premium; how far permissible S.62Lag, neg and cess S.63Liability for payment of rent S.64Scale of rent for different classes of tenants S.65Status and liability of person permitted to retain possession S.66Hypothecation of produce towards payment of rent S.67Procedure when produce is attached by civil or revenue court S.68Right of landlord to collect rent from cultivator S.69No cartage allowed S.70Presumption as to payment by tenant and application of such payment S.71Modes of making payment of money rent S.72Right to get receipt S.73Penalty for not issuing proper receipt S.74Obligation of Chief Commissioner to print and supply books of receipt S.75Penalty for non-production of receipt book with counterfoils S.76Rights and liabilities in respect of produce S.77Application for officer to make division S.78Application for kuta S.79Procedure on application S.80Collector to publish return of current prices S.81Assessment of bighori by court S.82Commutation of batai rent into bighori in certain cases S.83Payment of commuted rent S.84Rent when and how payable S.85Claim for arrears of rent S.86Interest in cases of arrears of rent S.87Landlord's power to charge irrigation dues S.88Method of recovering sayar S.89Realisation of sayar as arrears of revenue S.90Recovery of arrears in the event of general refusal to pay S.91Application of certain sections to biswadars S.92Arrears deemed satisfied when tenant is ejected S.93Decree for arrears, how executed S.94Adjustment of arrears and compensation on ejectment S.95Entry of landholder on land from which tenant is ordered to be ejected S.96Grounds of ejectment S.97Special grounds of ejectment of non-occupancy tenants S.98Procedure in ejectment for decreed arrears S.99Procedure for ejectment on other grounds S.100Application for ejectment of non-occupancy tenant S.101Procedure on application S.102Remedies for wrongful ejectment S.103Procedure on application S.104Ejectment of person occupying land without title S.105Procedure on application S.106Consequences of failure to file application under section 102 or 104 S.107No separate relief claimable, if not claimed in revenue court S.108Tenant's right to claim inquiry for illegal exaction and other matters S.109Power to award compensation in proceedings for arrears of rent S.110Prosecution of landholder for illegal exaction S.111Compensation for exaction by landholder and for false complaint by tenant S.112Penalty for habitual infringement of rights of tenant S.113Penalty for illegal entry on a holding S.114Compensation, how realisable S.115Exemption of muafidar S.116Interpretation S.117Grant which cannot be resumed S.118Grounds on which certain grants may be resumed S.119How to deal with resumable grant S.120Application of certain Chapters and sections to grantees S.121Grants, how far transferable S.122Void transactions S.123Power to hear cases of grantees S.124Applicability of Part III S.125Power to form and alter Patwaris circles S.126Appointment of patwaris S.127Appointment of girdawars S.128Cadre and pay of girdawars and patwaris S.129Girdawars and patwaris to be public servants S.130Maintenance of maps and fieldbooks S.131Obligation of owners as to boundary marks S.132Record-of-rights S.133Contents of certain registers S.134Registers of revenue-paying, revenue-assigned and revenue-free villages S.135The annual registers S.136Obligation to furnish information necessary for compilation of certain record-of-rights S.137Decision of disputes S.138Inquiry into cases S.139Certain decisions, no bar to civil suit S.140Value of entries and decisions in contested cases S.141Appointment and punishment of lambardars and patels S.142Record and rent-rate operations S.143Powers of the record officer, assistant record officer and rent-rate officer S.144Sanctioned rates S.145Duration of rent-rates S.146Circle and soil classification S.147Basis of rates for hereditary tenants S.148Provision for rates in special cases S.149Procedure in publishing and sanctioning rates S.150Civil suit relating to record-of-rights and certain other matters barred S.151Commutation of rent from kind to cash S.152Commutation of rent from cash to kind S.153Grounds of abatement of fixed money rent S.154Ground of enhancement of fixed money rent S.155Order for determination, commutation or variation of rent, when to take effect S.156Joinder of parties in cases relating to variation of rent S.157Determination of rent on partial ejectment S.158Rent, how calculated for commutation, variation or determination S.159Meaning of "substantial" in certain sections S.160Basis of variation of rent in certain cases S.161Period for which rent is not liable to modification S.162Applications for variation of rent, by whom to be entertained S.163Provision of rent and revenue in an emergency S.164Remission or suspension of rent in agricultural calamities S.165Bar to collection of rent remitted or suspended S.166Period of suspension to be excluded in computing period of limitation S.167Remission for calamity by court decreeing claim for arrears S.168Jurisdiction of certain courts excluded in cases of remission and suspension of rent or revenue S.169Cases cognizable by revenue courts S.170Procedure of revenue courts S.171Application of Indian Limitation Act, 1908 S.172Limitation in cases under this Act S.173Payment of court-fees under this Act S.174Subordination of courts S.175Place of sitting of revenue courts S.176Chief Commissioner's power to confer powers S.177Collector's power to place assistant commissioner in charge of subdivision S.178Collector's powers to authorise certain courts to entertain and dispose of applications S.179Powers of revenue courts to refer cases for investigation and report S.180Powers of Chief Commissioner to create shamlat committee and courts S.181Decree or order to be final in certain circumstances S.182Submission to confirming court S.183Form of decree or order to be submitted for confirmation S.184Procedure for confirmation S.185Review by the Chief Commissioner S.186Review by other courts S.187Revision S.188Power to transfer cases S.189Power of collector to transfer and withdraw cases S.190Sub-divisional officer's power to transfer cases S.191Power of record officer to transfer and withdraw cases S.192Transfer of cases by the district judge S.193Dispute as regards ownership of land S.194Procedure when plea of proprietary right raised in revenue court S.195Procedure when plea of tenancy raised in civil court S.196Reference to Judicial Commissioner S.197Provision for injunction and appointment of receiver S.198Cases in which legal practitioners may appear S.199Persons who may appear before a revenue court S.200Costs in revenue courts S.201Power of revenue court to summon persons S.202Mode of service of summons or notice S.203Power to make rules S.204Reinstatement of tenant ejected before commencement of this Act S.205Provision for pending and other cases