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Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006

Act ID: 2016

Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006

"Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006"

Table of Contents

240 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Applicability of the Code S.3Extension of the Code to new areas S.4Definitions S.5Division of State into revenue areas S.6Constitution of revenue areas S.7Board of Revenue S.8Jurisdiction of the Board S.9Power to distribute business S.10Decisions of the Board S.11Commissioners and Additional Commissioners S.12Collectors and Additional Collectors S.13Sub-Divisional Officers and Additional Sub-Divisional Officers S.14Tahsildars and Tasildars Judicial S.15Naib-Tahsildars S.16Revenue Inspectors and Lekhpals S.17Combination of Office S.18Recovery of money, papers, and other Government property S.19Other power of Revenue Officers S.20Fixation and demarcation of boundaries S.21Obligation regarding maintenance and repair of boundar S.22Destruction etc. of boundary marks S.23Power to require erection, repair of renewal of boundary marks S.24Disputes regarding boundaries S.25Rights of way and other easements S.26Removal of obstacle S.27Revisional powers of SubDivisional Officer S.28Order not to debar from establishing any right of easement S.29List of villages S.30Maintenance of Map and Field Book S.31Record of Rights S.32Correction of records S.33Mutation in cases of succession S.34Duty to report in cases of transfer S.35Mutation in cases of succession or transfer S.36Intimation of transfer and deposit of land revenue S.37Bar against certain suits S.38Correction of errors and omission S.39Certain orders of revenue officers not to debar a suit S.40Presumption as to entries S.41Kisan Bahi S.42Duty to produce information or documents S.43Notification of record and survey operations S.44Record Officer and Assistant Record Officer S.45Power of Record Officer during record or survey operation S.46Revisions of records during record operation S.47Revision of records during survey operation S.48Powers of Record Officer as to erection of boundary marks S.49Procedure of revision of map and records S.50Finalization of record of rights S.51Preparation of new record of rights S.52Procedure for villages where no records are available S.53Presumption as to the entries S.54Title of State in all lands etc S.55Mines and minerals S.56Rights in trees S.57Fruit bearing trees S.58Disputes to be decided by Collector S.59Entrustment of land etc. to 2Gram Panchayats and other local authorities S.60Superintendence, management and control by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti S.61Management of village tanks S.62Conduct of suits and legal proceedings S.63Land which may be allotted for abadi sites, Act No. 1 of 1894 S.64Allotment of abadi sites S.65Delivery of possession to allottee, Act No. 2 of 1974 S.66Inquiry into irregular allotment of abadi sites S.67Power to prevent damage, misappropriation and wrongful occupation of 2Gram Panchayats property S.67-ANA S.68Gaon Fund S.69Consolidated Gaon Fund S.70Orders and direction of the State Government and the Collector S.71Alternative arrangement S.72Standing counsel and other lawyers S.73Representation of 3Gram Panchayat S.74Classes of tenures S.75Bhumidhar with transferable rights S.76Bhumidhar with nontransferable rights S.77Bhumidhar rights not to accrue in certain lands S.78Asami S.79Right of bhumidhars to exclusive possession S.80Use of holding for industrial, commercial or residential purposes S.81Consequences of declaration S.82Cancellation of declaration S.83Recording of declaration or cancellation S.84Right of an asami for exclusive possession of his holding S.85Consequences of using the land in contravenetion of the provisions of this Code S.86Extinction of interest of bhumidhar with nontransferable rights or asami S.87Improvement not to be removed S.88Transferability of a bhumidhars interest S.89Restriction on transfer by bhumidhar S.90Persons other than Indian nationals not to acquire land S.91Restrictions on transfer by mortgage S.92Mortgage and land by bhumidhar with nontransferable rights S.93Transfer of possession for securing money shall be deemed to be a sale S.94Lease by a Bhumidhar S.95Lease-how made, its termination and any dispute arising thereto S.96 to 97Omitted by 1. Omit. by sec. 13 of U. P. Act no. 07 of 2019 S.98Restrictions on transfer by Bhumidhars belonging to a scheduled caste S.99Restrictions on transfer by bhumidhars of scheduled tribes S.100Mortgage by members of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes S.101Exchange S.102Consequences of exchange S.103Omitted by 1. Subs. by sec. 14 of U. P. Act no. 07 of 2019 S.104Transfer in contravention of this code to be void S.105Consequences of transfer by Bhumidhar in contravenetion of the Code S.106Consequences of transfer made by asami in contravenetion of this Code S.107Bequest by Bhumidhar or Asami S.108General order of succession to male bhumidhar, asami or government lessee S.109Succession to woman inheriting interest as a female heir S.110Succession to women holding otherwise than as the female heir S.111Savings as to religious endowments, etc S.112Interest of co-tenure holders to pass by survivorship, Devolution of interest among surviving co—tenure holders S.113Persons other than Indian citizens and persons of Indian origin not to inherit S.114Other conditions regarding devolution S.115Escheat S.116Suit for division of holding S.117Duty of Court in suits for division of holding S.118Surrender by bhumidhar S.119Surrender by asami S.120Effect of surrender S.121Liability for rent-revenue in case of surrender S.122Abandonment by bhumidhar S.123Consequence of abandonment S.124Delivery of possession to 1Gram Panchayat S.125Admission by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti to land entrusted to 1Gram Panchayat S.126Order of preferences in admission to land by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti S.127Consequences of allotment S.128Cancellation of allotment and lease S.129Restoration of possession to allottee or the Government lessee S.130Bhumidhar not to be ejected S.131Suit for ejectment etc. against asami S.132Right to crops and trees S.133Suit for injunction, compensation etc S.134Ejectment of persons occupying land without title S.135Deleted by 2. Del. by sec. 108 of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016 S.136Ejectment of trespassers of 2Gram Panchayat land S.137Remedies for wrongful ejectment S.138Rent payable by an asami S.139Application for fixation of rent S.140Remission for calamity by court decreeing claim for arrears S.141Commutation of rent S.142Recovery of arrears of rent from asami of Gram Panchayat, etc S.143Power to write off arrears S.144Declaratory suits by tenure holders S.145Declaratory suit by 1Gram Panchayat S.146Provision for injunction S.147Definition of Government lessee S.148Government lessees right to hold land S.149Ejectment of Government lessee S.150Provisions of U. P. Act no. 22 of 1972 to apply S.151Trespass on land held by a Government lessee S.152Dues recoverable as arrear of land S.153Land held by bhumidhar liable to payment of land revenue S.154Land revenue payable by bhumidhar S.155Variation of land revenue S.156Exemption of land revenue in certain cases S.157Remission or suspension of land revenue on the occurrence of agricultural calamity S.158Power of state Government to remit rent in certain cases S.159Consequences of suspension of rent S.160Annual enquiry of revenue free land S.161Rounding off the amount of land revenue S.162Finality of orders S.163Land Revenue to be the first charge S.164Bhumidhars to be jointly and severally liable S.165Land Revenue when becomes due and payable S.166Arrangements for collection of land revenue S.167Defaulters S.168Certified account to be evidence of arrears S.169Writ of demand S.170Process for recovery of arrears S.171Arrest and detention S.172Attachment and sale of movable property S.173Attachment of bank account and locker of the defaulter S.174Attachment of holding S.175Lease of holding S.176Sale of holding S.177Attachment and sale of other immovable property S.178Appointment of receiver S.179Procedure of recovery S.180Recovery of costs and collection charges S.181Recovery proceedings against legal representatives etc S.182Attachment of immovable property S.183Objection against attachment S.184Proclamation of sale S.185Affixation of proclamation S.186Sale when and by whom made S.187Stoppage of the sale S.188Prohibition to bid S.189Deposit by purchaser and re-sale on default S.190Deposit of purchase money S.191Auction sale of land held by Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe S.192Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrears S.193Application to set aside sale for irregularity S.194Confirmation of sale S.195Setting aside of sale by Collector or Commissioner S.196Bar of claims against certain cases S.197Refund of purchase money S.198Certificate of sale S.199Certified purchaser to be put in possession S.200Application of sale proceeds S.201Summary ejectment of unauthorized occupants S.202Bar of suits S.203Payment before suit S.204Other payments not to be a valid discharge S.205Applicability of the Chapter S.206Jurisdiction of civil court and revenue courts S.207First appeal S.208Second appeal S.209Bar against certain appeals S.210Power to call for the records S.211Board’s power of review S.212Power to transfer cases S.213State Government to be necessary party in certain cases S.214Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and Limitation Act, 1963 S.215Orders not to be invalid on account of irregularity in procedure S.216Service of notice S.217Revenue Courts to have no power to adjudicate upon the validity of enactment S.218Power to exempt from the provisions of the Code S.219Delegation S.220Power to enter upon land S.221Right to inspect and obtain copies S.222Computation of areas in certain districtsComputation of areas in certain districts S.223Mode of recovery of fines etc S.224Power to call for statement S.225Protection of action taken in good faith S.225-ADetermination of questions in summary proceeding S.225-BLodging of Caveat S.225-CConstitution of Committee S.225-DPower of an Assistant Collector of First Cass not in charge of a sub division S.225-EPowers of Assistant Collector of second class S.225-FConsolidation of cases S.226Penalty for encroachment ect S.2273Damages for destruction etc. of boundary S.228Penalty for cutting or removing tress illegally S.229Penalty for not furnishing required statement or information etc S.230Repeal S.231Applicability of the Code to pending proceedings S.232Power to remove difficulties S.233Rules S.234Regulations

Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006

Act ID: 2016

Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006

"Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code-2006"

Table of Contents

240 Sections

Ch.

Sections

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Applicability of the Code S.3Extension of the Code to new areas S.4Definitions S.5Division of State into revenue areas S.6Constitution of revenue areas S.7Board of Revenue S.8Jurisdiction of the Board S.9Power to distribute business S.10Decisions of the Board S.11Commissioners and Additional Commissioners S.12Collectors and Additional Collectors S.13Sub-Divisional Officers and Additional Sub-Divisional Officers S.14Tahsildars and Tasildars Judicial S.15Naib-Tahsildars S.16Revenue Inspectors and Lekhpals S.17Combination of Office S.18Recovery of money, papers, and other Government property S.19Other power of Revenue Officers S.20Fixation and demarcation of boundaries S.21Obligation regarding maintenance and repair of boundar S.22Destruction etc. of boundary marks S.23Power to require erection, repair of renewal of boundary marks S.24Disputes regarding boundaries S.25Rights of way and other easements S.26Removal of obstacle S.27Revisional powers of SubDivisional Officer S.28Order not to debar from establishing any right of easement S.29List of villages S.30Maintenance of Map and Field Book S.31Record of Rights S.32Correction of records S.33Mutation in cases of succession S.34Duty to report in cases of transfer S.35Mutation in cases of succession or transfer S.36Intimation of transfer and deposit of land revenue S.37Bar against certain suits S.38Correction of errors and omission S.39Certain orders of revenue officers not to debar a suit S.40Presumption as to entries S.41Kisan Bahi S.42Duty to produce information or documents S.43Notification of record and survey operations S.44Record Officer and Assistant Record Officer S.45Power of Record Officer during record or survey operation S.46Revisions of records during record operation S.47Revision of records during survey operation S.48Powers of Record Officer as to erection of boundary marks S.49Procedure of revision of map and records S.50Finalization of record of rights S.51Preparation of new record of rights S.52Procedure for villages where no records are available S.53Presumption as to the entries S.54Title of State in all lands etc S.55Mines and minerals S.56Rights in trees S.57Fruit bearing trees S.58Disputes to be decided by Collector S.59Entrustment of land etc. to 2Gram Panchayats and other local authorities S.60Superintendence, management and control by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti S.61Management of village tanks S.62Conduct of suits and legal proceedings S.63Land which may be allotted for abadi sites, Act No. 1 of 1894 S.64Allotment of abadi sites S.65Delivery of possession to allottee, Act No. 2 of 1974 S.66Inquiry into irregular allotment of abadi sites S.67Power to prevent damage, misappropriation and wrongful occupation of 2Gram Panchayats property S.67-ANA S.68Gaon Fund S.69Consolidated Gaon Fund S.70Orders and direction of the State Government and the Collector S.71Alternative arrangement S.72Standing counsel and other lawyers S.73Representation of 3Gram Panchayat S.74Classes of tenures S.75Bhumidhar with transferable rights S.76Bhumidhar with nontransferable rights S.77Bhumidhar rights not to accrue in certain lands S.78Asami S.79Right of bhumidhars to exclusive possession S.80Use of holding for industrial, commercial or residential purposes S.81Consequences of declaration S.82Cancellation of declaration S.83Recording of declaration or cancellation S.84Right of an asami for exclusive possession of his holding S.85Consequences of using the land in contravenetion of the provisions of this Code S.86Extinction of interest of bhumidhar with nontransferable rights or asami S.87Improvement not to be removed S.88Transferability of a bhumidhars interest S.89Restriction on transfer by bhumidhar S.90Persons other than Indian nationals not to acquire land S.91Restrictions on transfer by mortgage S.92Mortgage and land by bhumidhar with nontransferable rights S.93Transfer of possession for securing money shall be deemed to be a sale S.94Lease by a Bhumidhar S.95Lease-how made, its termination and any dispute arising thereto S.96 to 97Omitted by 1. Omit. by sec. 13 of U. P. Act no. 07 of 2019 S.98Restrictions on transfer by Bhumidhars belonging to a scheduled caste S.99Restrictions on transfer by bhumidhars of scheduled tribes S.100Mortgage by members of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes S.101Exchange S.102Consequences of exchange S.103Omitted by 1. Subs. by sec. 14 of U. P. Act no. 07 of 2019 S.104Transfer in contravention of this code to be void S.105Consequences of transfer by Bhumidhar in contravenetion of the Code S.106Consequences of transfer made by asami in contravenetion of this Code S.107Bequest by Bhumidhar or Asami S.108General order of succession to male bhumidhar, asami or government lessee S.109Succession to woman inheriting interest as a female heir S.110Succession to women holding otherwise than as the female heir S.111Savings as to religious endowments, etc S.112Interest of co-tenure holders to pass by survivorship, Devolution of interest among surviving co—tenure holders S.113Persons other than Indian citizens and persons of Indian origin not to inherit S.114Other conditions regarding devolution S.115Escheat S.116Suit for division of holding S.117Duty of Court in suits for division of holding S.118Surrender by bhumidhar S.119Surrender by asami S.120Effect of surrender S.121Liability for rent-revenue in case of surrender S.122Abandonment by bhumidhar S.123Consequence of abandonment S.124Delivery of possession to 1Gram Panchayat S.125Admission by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti to land entrusted to 1Gram Panchayat S.126Order of preferences in admission to land by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti S.127Consequences of allotment S.128Cancellation of allotment and lease S.129Restoration of possession to allottee or the Government lessee S.130Bhumidhar not to be ejected S.131Suit for ejectment etc. against asami S.132Right to crops and trees S.133Suit for injunction, compensation etc S.134Ejectment of persons occupying land without title S.135Deleted by 2. Del. by sec. 108 of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016 S.136Ejectment of trespassers of 2Gram Panchayat land S.137Remedies for wrongful ejectment S.138Rent payable by an asami S.139Application for fixation of rent S.140Remission for calamity by court decreeing claim for arrears S.141Commutation of rent S.142Recovery of arrears of rent from asami of Gram Panchayat, etc S.143Power to write off arrears S.144Declaratory suits by tenure holders S.145Declaratory suit by 1Gram Panchayat S.146Provision for injunction S.147Definition of Government lessee S.148Government lessees right to hold land S.149Ejectment of Government lessee S.150Provisions of U. P. Act no. 22 of 1972 to apply S.151Trespass on land held by a Government lessee S.152Dues recoverable as arrear of land S.153Land held by bhumidhar liable to payment of land revenue S.154Land revenue payable by bhumidhar S.155Variation of land revenue S.156Exemption of land revenue in certain cases S.157Remission or suspension of land revenue on the occurrence of agricultural calamity S.158Power of state Government to remit rent in certain cases S.159Consequences of suspension of rent S.160Annual enquiry of revenue free land S.161Rounding off the amount of land revenue S.162Finality of orders S.163Land Revenue to be the first charge S.164Bhumidhars to be jointly and severally liable S.165Land Revenue when becomes due and payable S.166Arrangements for collection of land revenue S.167Defaulters S.168Certified account to be evidence of arrears S.169Writ of demand S.170Process for recovery of arrears S.171Arrest and detention S.172Attachment and sale of movable property S.173Attachment of bank account and locker of the defaulter S.174Attachment of holding S.175Lease of holding S.176Sale of holding S.177Attachment and sale of other immovable property S.178Appointment of receiver S.179Procedure of recovery S.180Recovery of costs and collection charges S.181Recovery proceedings against legal representatives etc S.182Attachment of immovable property S.183Objection against attachment S.184Proclamation of sale S.185Affixation of proclamation S.186Sale when and by whom made S.187Stoppage of the sale S.188Prohibition to bid S.189Deposit by purchaser and re-sale on default S.190Deposit of purchase money S.191Auction sale of land held by Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe S.192Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrears S.193Application to set aside sale for irregularity S.194Confirmation of sale S.195Setting aside of sale by Collector or Commissioner S.196Bar of claims against certain cases S.197Refund of purchase money S.198Certificate of sale S.199Certified purchaser to be put in possession S.200Application of sale proceeds S.201Summary ejectment of unauthorized occupants S.202Bar of suits S.203Payment before suit S.204Other payments not to be a valid discharge S.205Applicability of the Chapter S.206Jurisdiction of civil court and revenue courts S.207First appeal S.208Second appeal S.209Bar against certain appeals S.210Power to call for the records S.211Board’s power of review S.212Power to transfer cases S.213State Government to be necessary party in certain cases S.214Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and Limitation Act, 1963 S.215Orders not to be invalid on account of irregularity in procedure S.216Service of notice S.217Revenue Courts to have no power to adjudicate upon the validity of enactment S.218Power to exempt from the provisions of the Code S.219Delegation S.220Power to enter upon land S.221Right to inspect and obtain copies S.222Computation of areas in certain districtsComputation of areas in certain districts S.223Mode of recovery of fines etc S.224Power to call for statement S.225Protection of action taken in good faith S.225-ADetermination of questions in summary proceeding S.225-BLodging of Caveat S.225-CConstitution of Committee S.225-DPower of an Assistant Collector of First Cass not in charge of a sub division S.225-EPowers of Assistant Collector of second class S.225-FConsolidation of cases S.226Penalty for encroachment ect S.2273Damages for destruction etc. of boundary S.228Penalty for cutting or removing tress illegally S.229Penalty for not furnishing required statement or information etc S.230Repeal S.231Applicability of the Code to pending proceedings S.232Power to remove difficulties S.233Rules S.234Regulations