The Mysore (Religious and Charitable) Inams Abolition Act, 1955
The Mysore (Religious and Charitable) Inams Abolition Act, 1955
This law abolishes religious and charitable inam land grants across the State of Mysore, except in Bellary District. It transfers ownership of these traditional grant lands, including forests, waters, and minerals, directly to the state. The Act applies to religious and charitable grant holders, minor inamdars, and their agricultural tenants. It allows tenants and holders to register as official occupants paying land revenue to the state, protects tenants against arbitrary eviction, and grants annual financial allowances to affected institutions as compensation. This law matters because it dismantled feudal landholder intermediaries, established direct state governance over land revenue, and protected tenant farmers' rights.
Chapter I Chapter I →
- 3Consequences of the vesting of an inam in the State
- 4Kadim tenants to be registered as occupants of their holdings
- 7Lands and buildings to vest in the holder of a minor inam
- 8Lands and buildings to vest in the inamdar.
- 9Determination of claims for registration of occupancy and continuation of tenancy.
- 10Liability to pay land revenue to Government.
- 12Right to agricultural land used for non-agricultural purposes.
- 13Saving of rights in certain cases.
- 14Compensation how determined.
- 15Compensation to be determined for the inam as a whole.
- 16Basic annual sum.
- 17Component parts of basic annual sum of an inam.
- 19Payment of compensation
- 20Interim payment
- 21Deputy Commissioner to determine basic annual sum
- 22Application of this Chapter
- 23Rent
- 24Continuation of tenancy on the death of a tenant
- 25Termination of the tenancy
- 26Procedure for eviction and recovery of rent
Chapter V Chapter V →
- 28Conferment of rights in certain lands on inamdar
- 29Appeal from orders under section 9, 10, 21 or 26 to the prescribed authority
- 30Enquiries by the Deputy Commissioner
- 31Fee payable on applications, petitions, etc., under the Act
- 32Jurisdiction of courts barred in certain cases
- 34Power to make rules
- 35Penalties
- 36Power to remove difficulties
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