Act not to apply to certain lands

Act not to apply to certain lands. – The provisions of this Act shall not apply to such State land as is:–

1. (a) recorded or used as pathway, grazing ground, graveyard, cremation ground, camping ground or Kohl (irrigation channel);
2. (b) held by any Government Department or institution under the control of the Government;
3. (c) earmarked for a specific purpose in any Master Plan;
4. (d) covered by fields floating over water;
5. (e) forest land or wooden waste;
6. (f) held by a person in terms of Government Order No. LB 6/C of 1958 dated 5-6-1958 read with Government Order No.S/432 of 1966 dated 3-6-1966 irrespective of the fact whether mutation in his favour has been attested or not;
7. (g) held by a person by virtue of Government Order No. LB 7/C of 1958 dated 5-6-1958;
8. (h) held by a displaced person of 1947, 1965 or 1971 by virtue of Cabinet Order No. 578/C of 1954 dated 7-5-1954 read with Cabinet Order No. 254/C of 1965 dated 7-7-1965 and Cabinet Order No. LB – 40 of 1969 dated 1-1-1969;
   • (i) held by a person in a Residential Colony which stands regularized by the Housing and Urban Development Department up to 18-3-2005;
9. (j) held by a person in pursuance of permission granted or allotment made by the Government under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, Samvat 2007 (1950 A.D) or Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976; in respect of land which has escheated to the Government under the provisions of any of the said Acts; or
10. (k) held by a person which is barred by the Limitation Act, Samvat 1995 (1938 A.D).