The Gujarat Agricultural Land Ceiling Act-1960

Civil196055 sections

This Act regulates agricultural land holdings across Gujarat by imposing maximum limits, or "ceilings," that no individual or family may exceed regardless of ownership patterns. Families are treated as a unit when calculating this limit, and exemptions exist for land already held under certain categories. The law aims to prevent excessive land concentration by preventing any person from possessing more agricultural land than legally permitted. It ensures that surplus land can be distributed among landless cultivators or for public purposes, making it a key tool for land reform and agricultural equity in the state.

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1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Exempted lands
4. Delimitation of local areas
5. Ceiling area
6. Ceiling on holding land
7. Restrictions on transfers or sub-divisions of land and consequences of transfer or sub-division made in contravention thereof
8. Transfers or partitions made after 15th January 1959 but before commencement of this Act
9. Consequences of acquisition of land in excess of the area permitted under section
10. Holders of land to furnish particulars of land to Mamlatdars
11. Penalty for failure to furnish statement, etc
12. Surplus land needed for public purpose and power to acquire it
13. Tribunal to proceed to prepare list of persons holding surplus land
14. Designated Tribunal to exercise jurisdiction in respect of persons holding land in different areas
15. Computation of surplus land
16. Tribunal to hold inquiry in respect of contravention of section
17. Mode of determining in certain cases area of surplus land out of total land
18. Division of survey numbers or sub-divisions thereof in determining area of surplus land
19. Restoration of surplus land held by tenant to landlord
20. Publication of list and notice to persons affected thereby
21. Tribunal to make order declaring surplus land etc. and consequence thereof
22. Notice to interested persons
23. Quantum of compensation
24. Determination of claim for possession under section 19 and of compensation and apportionment thereof
25. Mode of payment of compensation
26. Inquiry as respects land held in contravention of section
27. Acquisition of land needed for the formation of compact block of lands to be allotted to a co-operative farming society
28. Collector to determine value of land and to make award and effect of award
29. Allotment of land vesting in Government
30. Restriction on transfer or sub-division of land allotted under section
30A. Land allotted to urban local body or any person shall be of old tenure
31. Temporary leases of land liable to be allotted under section
32. Powers of Mamlatdar, Tribunal and Collector in making inquiries
33. Inquiries to be held in accordance with prescribed procedure
34. Notices to be served in prescribed manner
35. Appeals against orders except awards
36. Appeal against awards
37. Collector's power of revision
38. Revision jurisdiction of Gujarat Revenue Tribunal
39. Limitation for appeals and applications for revision
40. The provisions of sections 4, 5, 12 and 14 of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908, shall apply to the filing of such appeal or application for revision.
41. Power of Gujarat Revenue Tribunal to confirm, modify, etc. order taken in revision
42. Power of Collector to transfer appeals
43. Sums recoverable as arrears of land revenue
44. Mode of putting any person in possession of land
45. Summary eviction
46. Pleaders, etc., excluded from appearance
47. Bar of jurisdiction
48. Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings
49. Tribunal, etc., to be public servants
50. Protection of action taken under this Act
51. Delegation of powers
52. Control
53. Rules
54. Enactments amended

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