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The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

Central

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

Act number
42 of 1950
Ministry
Ministry of Law and Justice
Department
Legislative Department
Enacted
10 May 1950

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205 sections

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