Chapter IV DISTRIBUTION OF LAND

The Board or such other

authority or persons as the Board may, with the approval of the State Government, specify either generally or, in respect of any area, in the manner prescribed, grant land which has vested in it to a landless person and the allottee shall not have and shall not be entitled to claim any rights in such land except as provided in this Act:

Provided that not less than one fifth of the land vested in the Board and earmarked for distribution under this section, shall be distributed amongst persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and not less than one twentieth of such land, shall be distributed amongst persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes.

All grants, transfers and allotments shall be made, as far as the case may be, in accordance with the purpose of Bhoodan Yagna.