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The 1[Maharashtra Merged Territories (Janjira and Bhor) Khoti Tenure Abolition Act

The 1[Maharashtra Merged Territories (Janjira and Bhor) Khoti Tenure Abolition Act

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This Act abolishes the feudal khoti land tenure system in the former princely states of Janjira and Bhor, located in the Kolaba district. It applies to traditional landlords, known as khots, and the occupancy tenants who farmed their lands. By cancelling historical land grants and extinguishing intermediate landlord rights, the law allows tenants and cultivators to become direct landowners under the state government. This matters because it ends landlord dues, establishes land revenue payments directly to the government, transfers uncultivated waste lands to public ownership, and provides a legal process to compensate affected landlords for their lost property rights.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Abolition of khoti tenure.
  4. 3A. Abolition of Khoti tenure in Karle village in the merged territories of Janjira in Kolaba district.
  5. 4. Who shall be occupants in merged territories of Janjira.
  6. 5. Who shall be occupants in merged territories of Bhor.
  7. 6. Certain tenants to be occupants.
  8. 7. Liability to pay khot’s dues and rights of khot extinguished.
  9. 8. Commutation of khot’s dues.
  10. 9. Occupancy price or commuted value recoverable as arrear of land revenue.
  11. 10. Khot to hand over accounts, etc., to authorised officers.
  12. 11. Uncultivated and waste lands and all property of nature specified in section 37 of Code vest in State Government.
  13. 12. Extinction of khot’s right of reversion.
  14. 13. Right to trees.
  15. 14. Method of compensation for extinguishment or modification of any rights and interests in land.
  16. 15. Limitation.
  17. 16. Court-fees.
  18. 16A. Revisional Powers in respect of awards made before commencement of Bom. XCIII of 1958.
  19. 17. Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings.
  20. 18. Amount of compensation to be payable in transferable bonds.
  21. 19. Provisions of Bom. LXVII of 1948 to govern relations of khot and tenants.
  22. 20. Act not to apply to Kauli lands.
  23. 21. Rules.
  24. 22. Repeal.

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