section 248
Penalty for unauthorized taking possession of land
Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959Tax1959309 of 312 sections available
Statutory text
- (1) Any person who unauthorizedly takes or remains in possession of any unoccupied land, abadi, service land or any other which has been set apart for any special purpose under section 237 or upon any land which is the property of Government, may be summarily ejected by order of the Tahsildar and any crop which may be standing on the land and any building or other work which he may have constructed thereon, if not removed by him within such time as the Tahsildar may fix shall be liable to forfeiture. Any property so forfeited shall be disposed of as the Tahsildar may direct and the cost of removal of any crop, building or other work and of all works necessary to restore the land to its original condition shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue from him. Such person shall also be liable at the discretion of the Tahsildar to pay the rent of the land for the period of unauthorized occupation at twice the rate admissible for such land in locality and to a fine which may extend to Rs. 5,000 and to a further fine which may extend to twenty rupees for every day on which such unauthorized occupation or possession continue, after the date of first ejectment. The Tahsildar may apply the whole or any part of the fine to compensate persons, who may in his opinion have suffered loss or injury from the encroachment: Provided that the Tahsildar shall not exercise the powers conferred by this sub-section in regard to encroachments made by buildings or works constructed— (i) in the Mahakoshal region— (ii) in areas other than the merged States before the first day of September, 1917;
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