Gujarat Validation Of Occupancy And Allotment Of Certain Lands Of Excess Vacant Land Vested In The State Government (Under The Urban Land (Ceiling And Regulation) Act, 1976) ) Act,2017
Gujarat Validation Of Occupancy And Allotment Of Certain Lands Of Excess Vacant Land Vested In The State Government (Under The Urban Land (Ceiling And Regulation) Act, 1976) ) Act, 2017
This act provides a legal pathway for individuals living on excess vacant land taken over by the state government to regularize their homes. It applies specifically to residents who have occupied their residential structures since 2011 or earlier, allowing them to formally apply to authorities for validation and allotment. The process requires submitting identity documents and paying a government-set fee within a specific timeframe. This measure matters because it grants security of tenure to these occupants, prevents arbitrary eviction, and provides clear legal rights to their homes, effectively legalizing long-standing residential occupation on state-owned land.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Validation of Occupancy and Allotment of Excess Vacant Land
- 4. Application for validation of Occupancy of Land and Allotment thereof
- 5. Documents to be submitted with Application
- 6. Notice for inviting Objections by Mamalatdar
- 7. Decision of Mamalatdar
- 8. Bar of transfer of allotted land
- 9. Consequences in the event of failing to make an application
- 10. Appellate Authority
- 11. Revision
- 12. Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Court
- 13. Payment under sections 4, 10 and 11 to be refundable
- 14. Indemnity
- 15. Power to make rules
- 16. Power to remove difficulties
- 17. Repeal and savings
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