The Ranchi District Tana Bhagat Raiyats Agricultural Lands Restoration Act, 1947
The Ranchi District Tana Bhagat Raiyats Agricultural Lands Restoration Act, 1947
This Act provides for the restoration of agricultural lands in the Ranchi district to Tana Bhagat tenant farmers or their legal heirs. These lands had been seized and sold off to recover unpaid rent decrees because the farmers participated in Indian freedom movements between 1913 and 1942. It empowers the Deputy Commissioner to order the return of these holdings, evict current unauthorized occupiers using force if necessary, and disburse fair compensation to subsequent buyers or landholders. By protecting nationalist peasant activists from historical financial penalties, the legislation seeks to undo colonial-era land dispossessions and deliver agrarian justice.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title
- 2. Definitiois
- 3. Effect of provisions of this Act where inconsistent with other law
- 5. Effect of order for restoration of land
- 6. Manner of payment of compensation for land restored
- 7. Appeals
- 8. Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil court and High court
- 9. Power of Deputy Commissioner in emergency
- 10. Power to make rules
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