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The 1[MaharashtraMerged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act

The 1[Maharashtra Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act

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This Act regulates the abolition of the jagirdari system, a legacy feudal land tenure, in the former merged territories of Maharashtra. It applies to jagirdars (feudal landlords), their dependents, and the permanent tenants cultivating these lands. By extinguishing the landlords' rights to collect rents, taxes, and revenues, the Act matters because it transferred land ownership and occupancy rights directly to the actual cultivators. Furthermore, it converted all public roads, forests, and waste lands into state property. This reform modernized the agricultural economy, eliminated rural feudal exploitation, and established uniform, direct state land revenue administration.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Abolition of Jagirs.
  4. 4. Liability of Jagir villages for payment of land revenue.
  5. 5. What persons to be occupants.
  6. 6. What persons to be occupants in life-time Jiwai Jagir.
  7. 7. Rates of assessment.
  8. 8. All public roads, etc. situate in jagir villages to vest in Government.
  9. 9. Right to trees.
  10. 10. Deleted
  11. 11. Compensation to Jagirdar.
  12. 12. Compensation to life-time Jiwai Jagirdars.
  13. 13. Method of awarding compensation to Jagirdar.
  14. 14. Method of awarding compensation for abolition, etc. of rights of other person in property.
  15. 15. Provisions of Land Acquisition Act, 1894, applicable to award.
  16. 16. Appeal against Collector’s award.
  17. 17. Procedure before Revenue Tribunal.
  18. 18. Limitation.
  19. 19. Court-fees.
  20. 20. Finality of award and decision of Revenue Tribunal.
  21. 21. Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings.
  22. 22. Amount of compensation to be payable in transferable bonds.
  23. 23. Jagirdars to deliver records to authorised officers.
  24. 23-A. Liability of a Jagirdar or cadet to pay to Government amounts recovered or received by him from permanent holders etc. in certain cases and determination of such amount.
  25. 24. Provisions of Bom. LXVII of 1948 to govern the relations of landlord and tenants.
  26. 25. Rules.
  27. 26. Savings.

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