Bare Act

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Conversion of Land and Alienation of Orchards Act, 1975

This Act regulates the use and transfer of orchard land in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Its primary objective is to protect the fruit industry by preventing the unauthorized conversion of orchards into other types of land or their sale without government approval. For an ordinary citizen, this means that if you own an orchard, you cannot simply build a house on it or sell the land to someone else without first obtaining written permission from the designated government authority. The law ensures that agricultural land remains productive and that the region's fruit economy is not compromised by unplanned development.

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