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The Jammu and Kashmir Water Mills (Jandar and Gharat) Act, 1932

The Jammu and Kashmir Water Mills (Jandar and Gharat) Act, 1932

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The Jammu and Kashmir Water Mills (Jandar and Gharat) Act, 1989, provides a regulatory framework for the establishment, operation, and taxation of traditional water-powered mills (Jandar and Gharat) within the state. It categorizes land estates into three classes to determine the level of government oversight required for mill construction. The Act empowers revenue officers, such as the Tehsildar and Collector, to manage mill assessments, ensure that new mills do not disrupt irrigation or cause land erosion, and consult with the Fisheries Department when necessary. For the ordinary citizen, this law ensures that water resources are managed fairly, preventing unauthorized mill construction from harming downstream agricultural interests.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1Title
  2. 2XVII of 1989.
  3. 3Commencement
  4. 4Repeal and savings
  5. 5Definitions
  6. 6Revenue Officers and their powers
  7. 7For the purposes of this Act officers of the grade mentioned here in this Act shall exercise their powers vested in the Land Revenue Act for discharge of their legitimate duties.
  8. 8Cases in which to be remitted
  9. 9Points to be considered when fixing assessment
  10. 10Returns to be submitted to Commissioner
  11. 12Omitted Omitted.
  12. 13When a mill constructed on State owned land
  13. 14Water mill subject to land revenue

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 15Procedure for applying
  2. 16Duty of Tehsildar
  3. 17Objection, if any, raised by the Fisheries Department will be a sufficient justification for refusal.
  4. 18Objections put in after that period should generally not be heard unless a reasonable ground for the delay is shown.
  5. 19If the mill has not been constructed or started within one year of the date of such permission, the same will, be deemed as cancelled.
  6. 20Tehsildar to refer to collector in doubtful cases
  7. 22Patwari's duty to report
  8. 23Penalty for construction without permission
  9. 24Penalty for construction disregarding conditions
  10. 24AProcedure where a mill causes erosion of land

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 25Wasil baqi nawis to keep register
  2. 26No previous permission required for construction unless Collector otherwise orders
  3. 27No new jama to be imposed
  4. 28Procedure and functions of Patwari and Tehsildar
  5. 29The Tehsildar may, however, if he thinks it necessary in any special case, order that the matter be decided after enquiry on a separate file, the matter remaining pending meanwhile.

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 30How mill to be shown in population

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