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The Maharashtra Khoti Abolition Act

The Maharashtra Khoti Abolition Act

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The Maharashtra Khoti Abolition Act abolishes the feudal khoti land tenure system in Ratnagiri and Kolaba districts. It applies to traditional landlords, tenant farmers, and landowners in these areas. The Act regulates land ownership rights, the conversion of tenant status, compensation for landlords, and the transfer of uncultivated lands to the state. This legislation matters because it eliminates intermediary revenue collectors, allowing tenants to become direct occupants who pay taxes directly to the government. By granting secure land rights and freeing tenants from landlord dues, it establishes equitable agrarian relations and modernizes regional administration.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Abolition of khoti tenure.
  4. 4. Khot, dharekari and tenants to be occupants.
  5. 5. Commutation of khot’s dues.
  6. 6. Occupancy price or commutation value recoverable as arrears of land revenue.
  7. 7. Khot to hand over accounts, etc., to authorised Officer.
  8. 8. Uncultivated and waste lands and all property of the nature specified in section 37 of the Code vests in the Government.
  9. 9. Extinction of khot’s right of reversion.
  10. 10. Right to trees.
  11. 11. Application of the Code to lands in khoti village.
  12. 12. Method of compensation for the extinguishment or modification of any rights in land.
  13. 13. Limitation.
  14. 14. Court-fees.
  15. 14-A. Revisional powers in respect of awards made before commencement of Bom. XCIII of 1958.
  16. 15. Provisions of Bom. LXVII of 1948 to govern the relations of khot and tenants.
  17. 16. Rules.
  18. 17. Repeal.

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