The Karaikal Pannaiyal (Protection) Act, 1966
The Karaikal Pannaiyal (Protection) Act, 1966
The Karaikal Pannaiyal Protection Act, 1966, regulates the formal relationship between landowners and pannaiyals, who are contracted, long-term agricultural laborers in the Karaikal region of Puducherry. It applies to landowners holding over minimum acreages and their hired farmworkers. This historic law matters because it safeguards vulnerable laborers from unfair dismissal, guarantees standard daily wages paid in grain along with crop shares, and secures reinstatement rights for workers serving in the armed forces. By establishing specialized conciliation officers and revenue courts, it successfully bypasses slow civil courts to resolve disputes quickly, preventing the economic exploitation of these essential farm workers.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Act to override contract and other laws, etc.
- 4. Appointment of Conciliation Officers.
- 5. Constitution of Revenue Court.
- 6. Revision by the High Court.
- 7. Wages payable to pannaiyals.
- 8. Dismissal of pannaiyal.
- 9. Adjudication of disputes.
- 10. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil and Administrative Court
- 11. Power to make rules.
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