Bare Act
The Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950
The Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950, is a landmark piece of land reform legislation enacted to dismantle the feudal system of hereditary administrative offices in the former Bombay State (now primarily Maharashtra and Gujarat). It abolished the hereditary offices of Paragana officers and Kulkarnis (village accountants), whose services were no longer required by the modern state. The Act converted these hereditary landholders into regular occupants liable to pay land revenue to the government. It is essential for citizens today as it governs the legal status, tenure conversion, and ownership rights of lands previously held under these ancient hereditary tenures.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 3. Abolition of certain watans together with the right to office and incidents
- 4. Assuming repealed or not present.
- 4A. All public roads, etc., situate in a watan village to vest in State Government and not to be regranted to watandar
- 5. Special rule of succession to be void
- 6. Compensation in lieu of cash allowance or land revenue
- 7. Compensation to the representative watandar
- 8. Application of Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act,
- 9. Method of compensation for the abolition etc. of other rights in land
- 10. Court fees
- 11. Finality of award of Collector and decision of Revenue Tribunal
- 11A. Revisional powers in respect of awards made before commencement of Bom. XCIII of
- 12. Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings
- 13. Rules
- 14. Discontinuance of application of and amendment of certain laws
- I. ENACTMENTS WHICH SHALL CEASE TO APPLY TO PARAGANA AND KULKARNI WATANS
- II. ENACTMENT AMENDED
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