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section 2

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The Haryana Abadi Deh (Vesting, Recording and Resolving of Ownership Rights) Act, 2025
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  1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
    • (a) “abadi deh” means the site recorded as such in the Record of Rights prepared and maintained under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), which is not assessed to land revenue;
    • (b) “appointed day” for the purposes of this Act shall be the 08th March, 2019 i.e. the day on which Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Survey of India and the State Government;
    • (c) “Assistant Collector 1st Grade” means and includes an officer as notified under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) to perform the functions of Assistant Collector 1st Grade;
    • (d) “Assistant Collector 2nd Grade” means and includes an officer as notified under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) to perform the functions of Assistant Collector 2nd Grade;
    • (e) “Collector” means and includes an officer as notified under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) to perform the functions of Collector;
    • (f) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Division notified as such under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887);
    • (g) “common area” means an area but not limited to an area or building within the abadi deh used for any common need, convenience or benefit of the community and shall include roads, paths, streets, public parks, drains, public toilets, ponds, tanks, wells, water courses, playgrounds, bus stands or waiting places, places used for public sittings and gatherings or for any such other purpose used by the inhabitants and any vacant site or plot in abadi deh which is vested in Panchayat under shamilat laws but does not include a building or area which houses an establishment/office/ institution under the control of the Central Government or the State Government;
    • (h) “courtyard” means an open space in and around the dwelling and residential area enclosed either by boundary wall, fencing, in form of barbed wire or any other means;
      • (i) “Financial Commissioner” means the Financial Commissioner, Revenue notified as such to perform the functions under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887);
    • (j) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
    • (k) “occupier” means a persons who is in permanent possession of a built-up structure including dwelling and residential area along with its courtyard, shop and establishment, having rights akin to an owner, and is not in possession as a tenant, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or such other possession which is temporary in nature;
    • (l) “owner” means an occupier whose name is recorded in the final record of rights prepared under this Act;
    • (m) “ownership right” means the right of ownership recorded in the name of a person, Panchayat, Central Government or State Government, juristic person or any other entity but does not include the rights of a tenant, lessee, mortgagee or any other right which does not confer ownership;
    • (n) “Panchayat” means a Gram Panchayat constituted under the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (11 of 1994);
    • (o) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
    • (p) “Revenue Officer” means and includes an officer as notified under the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) to perform the functions of Revenue Officer;
    • (q) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act;
    • (r) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana; “survey agency” means and include Survey of India or any other agency designated by the Government to act and perform functions under this Act;
    • (t) “Survey Officer” means an officer appointed by the Government to act and perform functions under this Act;
    • (u) “survey number” means the unique number assigned to each survey unit in the prescribed manner;
      • (v) “survey unit” means the area within the abadi deh, to which a survey number is assigned under this Act;
    • (w) “SVAMITVA scheme” means the Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas Scheme for establishment of clear ownership of property in rural inhabitated abadi area.
  2. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887).

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