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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954

The Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954

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This law establishes the legal framework for managing land revenue, including the assessment, collection of taxes, and maintenance of land records within the state of Himachal Pradesh. It applies to all land-related matters and repeals previous inconsistent laws to create a unified system. The Act creates a structured hierarchy of government officials, such as the Financial Commissioner, Collectors, and Tehsildars, who are responsible for enforcing these rules and resolving land disputes. By standardizing how land is taxed and recorded, the legislation ensures fair administration of property rights and provides the state with the necessary authority to manage its land resources effectively.

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Chapter I -Preliminary →

  1. 6Power to vary limits and alter number of tehsils, sub-tehsils, districts and divisions

Chapter IL -Revenue Officers →

  1. 7Classes of Revenue Officers
  2. 8Financial Commissioner
  3. 10Appointment of Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars
  4. 11Powers of Revenue Officers
  5. 12Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers
  6. 13Powers to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases
  7. 14Appeals
  8. 15Limitation for Appeals
  9. 16Review by Revenue Officers
  10. 17Power to call for examination and revise proceeding of Revenue Officers
  11. 18Power to make rules as to procedure
  12. 19Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue Officers
  13. 20Power of Revenue Officer to summon persons
  14. 21Mode of service of summons
  15. 22Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation, or copy thereof
  16. 23Mode of making proclamation
  17. 24Place of sitting
  18. 25Holidays
  19. 26Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled
  20. 27Retention of powers by Revenue Officers on transfer
  21. 28Conferment of powers to Revenue Officer

Chapter C-III -Kanungos and Village Officers →

  1. 29Rules respecting Kanungos and village officers
  2. 30Village Officer’s cess
  3. 31Restriction on attachment or assignment of remuneration of Kanungos and Village Officers

Chapter IV -Records →

  1. 32Record-of-rights and documents included therein
  2. 33Making of special revision of record-of-rights
  3. 34Periodical records
  4. 35Making of that part of the periodical record which relates to land owners, assignees of revenue and occupancy tenants
  5. 36Making of that part of the annual record which relates to other persons
  6. 38Restrictions on variations of entries in records
  7. 39Mutation fees
  8. 40Penalty for neglect to report acquisition of any right referred to in section 35
  9. 41Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records
  10. 42Right of the Government in mines and minerals
  11. 43Presumption as to ownership of forests, quarries and waste lands
  12. 44Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of right of the Government
  13. 45Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and annual records
  14. 46Suit for declaratory decree by persons aggrieved by an entry in a record
  15. 47Powers to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith
  16. 48Record-of-rights and a periodical records for groups of estates

Chapter V - Assessment →

  1. 49Assessment of land revenue
  2. 51Limits of assessment
  3. 52Notification of intended reassessment and instructions as to principles of assessment
  4. 53Mode of determining assessment.- (1) A general assessment
  5. 54Announcement of assessment
  6. 55Application for reconsideration of assessment
  7. 56Confirmation and duration of assessment
  8. 57Duration of assessment
  9. 58Assessment to remain till new assessment takes effect
  10. 59Refusal to be liable for assessment of an estate and consequences thereof
  11. 60Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein
  12. 61Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment
  13. 62Appeals from orders under section 55 and 61.
  14. 63Special assessment.
  15. 64Power to make rules.
  16. 65Procedure to be followed in making rules
  17. 66Rules and executive instructions issued before commencement of this Act, to be followed for the purpose of assessment operations begun before issue of rules made under the provisions of section 65.
  18. 67Power to issue instructions.

Chapter VL - Collection of Land Revenue →

  1. 68Security for payment of land revenue
  2. 69Further security for payment of land revenue.
  3. 70Orders to regulate payment of land revenue
  4. 71Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land revenue.
  5. 72Costs recoverable as part of arrear.
  6. 73Certified account to be evidence as to arrear.
  7. 74Process for recovery of arrears
  8. 75Writ of demand
  9. 76Distress and sale of movable property and crops
  10. 77Transfer of holding
  11. 78Attachment of estate or holding
  12. 79Annulment of assessment of estate or holding
  13. 80Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment and consequence of the proclamation
  14. 81Sale of estate or holding
  15. 82Effects of sale on encumbrances
  16. 83Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter.
  17. 84Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear.
  18. 85Proclamation of sale.
  19. 86Indemnity to Revenue Officer with respect to contents of proclamation
  20. 87Publication of proclamation
  21. 88Time and conduct of sale
  22. 89Power to postpone sale.
  23. 90Stay of sale
  24. 91Payment of deposit by highest bidder.
  25. 92Consequences of failure to pay deposit
  26. 93Time for payment in full
  27. 94Procedure in default of payment.
  28. 96Application to set aside sale.
  29. 97Order confirming of setting aside sale.
  30. 98Refund of purchase money on setting aside of sale.
  31. 99Proclamation after postponement or on resale.
  32. 100On confirmation of sale, possession of certificate to be granted to purchaser.
  33. 101Proceeds of sale

Chapter VIIL - Recovery of other demands by Revenue Officers →

  1. 102Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue Officer instead of by suit
  2. 104Recovery of arrears due from co-sharers paid by Numbardar
  3. 105Application of Chapter VI to sums recoverable under this Chapter

Chapter VIIL - Surveys and Boundaries →

  1. 106Powers of Financial Commissioner to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and erection of survey marks
  2. 107Power of Revenue Officers to define boundaries
  3. 108Power to fix a boundary between riverain estates
  4. 109Effect of fixing a boundary between riverain estates
  5. 110Application for immediate transfer of rights reserved under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 109 upon payment of compensation and procedure thereupon. Award of compensation and extinguishment of rights thereby
  6. 111Order under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 109 to cease to apply to rights voluntarily transferred to land-owner of the estate to which the land is transferred by fixing boundary.
  7. 112Rights transferred to be liable to all the incidents of tenure of the estate to which the transfer is made.
  8. 113Meaning of the expression “Collector” in sections 108 to 110.
  9. 116Power of Revenue Officers to enter on land for purpose of survey and demarcation
  10. 117Surveys for the purpose of preparation of records
  11. 118Provision of flag-holders and chain-men for those surveys.
  12. 119Professional surveys
  13. 120Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey marks
  14. 121Report of destruction or removal of or injury to survey-marks.
  15. 122Effect of partitions of estates and tenancies on joint liability for revenue and rent

Chapter IX -Partition →

  1. 123Application for partition.
  2. 124Restrictions and limitations on partition.- Notwithstanding
  3. 125Notice of application for partition.
  4. 126Addition of parties to application
  5. 127Absolute disallowance of partition
  6. 128Procedure on admission of application
  7. 129Disposal of questions as to title in property to be divided
  8. 130Disposal of other questions
  9. 131Administration of property excluded from partition
  10. 132Distribution of revenue and rent after partition
  11. 133Instrument of partition
  12. 134Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition
  13. 135Affirmation of partition privately affected
  14. 136Estimates and levy of costs
  15. 138Officers who may be empowered to Act under this Chapter

Chapter X - Arbitration →

  1. 139Power to refer to arbitration
  2. 140Order of reference and contents thereof
  3. 141Nomination of arbitrators
  4. 142Substitution of arbitrators by parties
  5. 143Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue Officers
  6. 144Process for appearance before arbitrators
  7. 145Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof
  8. 146Procedure on presentation of award
  9. 147Effect of award

Chapter XI - Special jurisdiction with respect to land →

  1. 148Power to invest officers’ making records-of-rights or general reassessment with powers of Civil Courts
  2. 149Control over such officers and appeals from and revision of their decree and orders

Chapter XIIL - Supplemental provisions, revenue deposits →

  1. 150Power to deposit certain sums other than rent
  2. 151Procedure in case of deposit on account of a payment due to Government
  3. 152Procedure in case of other deposits
  4. 153Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land or the produce thereof to be addressed to Revenue Officer
  5. 154Attachment of assigned land-revenue
  6. 155Preservation of attached produce
  7. 156XXXXXXX
  8. 157Village cesses
  9. 159XXXXXXXX
  10. 160Recovery of cost of assessing assigned land revenue
  11. 161Power to cancel the remission or assignment of land revenue
  12. 162Penalty for failure to attend within limits of estate in obedience to order of Revenue Officers
  13. 163Prevention of encroachment on common lands
  14. 164Papers kept by village officers to be deemed public documents
  15. 165Costs
  16. 166Computation of periods limited for appeals and application for review
  17. 167Restriction on Revenue Officer’s bidding at auction or trading
  18. 168Power to make rules.
  19. 169Rules to be made after previous publication.
  20. 170Powers exercisable by the Financial Commissioner from time to time.
  21. 171Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters within the jurisdiction of Revenue Officers

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