section 5A
Disposal of lands vested or deemed to have been vested in panchayat
The Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961General196129 sections
Statutory text
- (1) A panchayat may gift, sell, exchange or lease the land in shamilat deh vested in it under this Act to such persons including members of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed: Provided that the lease of land by way of allotment for cultivation purposes may be given for a period upto 99 years only to a person who does not own any land for agriculture on the date of the commencement of this Act and has been the original lessee either under the provisions of the East Punjab Utilisation of Lands Act, 1949 (Punjab Act 38 of 1949) or under the provisions of the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Act, 1953 for a period not less than seven years and has remained in continuous cultivating possession of the leased land upto the 24th September, 1986, with corresponding entries in the revenue record: Provided further that the lessee shall make one time payment, as may be prescribed, for the period he remained in cultivating possession without making payment of lease money. Explanation.-"Person" for the purpose of this sub-section shall include legal heirs of the original allottee.
- (2) The gift, sell, exchange of lease of the land in shamilat deh already made shall be deemed to have been made under sub-section (1).
- (3) The land in shamilat deh gifted to a department, Board or any agency of the State Government by the panchayat by passing a resolution and without prior approval of the State Government before the 4th April, 2007 shall be regularized by the panchayat at by forwarding the said resolution to the State Government for obtaining approval. The State Government may grant approval to such resolution."]
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