Interest of a proprietor or tiller not transferable and relinquishment by a proprietor or tiller

Interest of a proprietor or tiller not transferable and relinquishment by a proprietor or tiller.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act and except where transfer is made in favour of Government, a Local body, State Land Development Bank or Land Development Bank established under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, or a co-operative society registered under the said Act, or a Panchayat constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Village Panchayat Act, 1958, no tiller to whom land shall be transferred under the provisions of section 5 shall transfer such land or any interest therein : Provided that the transfer of land or any interest therein for building purposes within the limits of a Municipality, Town Area, a Notified Area, or a Cantonment Area or an area in which a Town Planning Scheme is sanctioned under the Jammu and Kashmir Town Planning Act, Svt. 1977, or in such villages in the vicinity of a city or town as may be notified by the Government may be made with the permission in writing of the Revenue Minister. (2)

1. (a) A proprietor, or a tiller, to whom land has been transferred under the provisions of section 5, may at any time apply in writing to the Revenue Minister for permission to relinquish all or any of the land held by him in ownership right in favour of the State :
2. (b) The Revenue Minister may, after such enquiry as he may deem necessary, accept such application and notwithstanding any law for the time being in force in this respect, relinquishment of rights in such land and transfer thereof in favour of the State shall have effect from the beginning of the year next following.