Assignment of lands by Land Board

(1) The Land Board shall assign on registry, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, the lands vested in the Government under section 93 or section 97 as specified below: --

(i) the lands in which there are kudikidappukars shall be assigned to such kudikidappukars;

(ii) out of the remaining area available for assignment ---

(a) fifty per cent shall be assigned to the landless agricultural labourers of which one half shall be assigned to the landless agricultural labourers belonging to the Scheduled Castes in the same village or adjacent villages;

(b) fifty per cent to small-holders and other landlords who are not entitled to resume any land and who do not possess more than ten cents of land in extent:

Provided that eighty-seven and a half per cent of the area of the lands referred to in clause (ii) available for assignment shall be assigned to landless agricultural labourers of which one half shall be assigned to landless agricultural labourers belonging to the Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes and such other socially and economically backward classes of citizens as may be specified in this behalf by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette.

Explanation. – For the purposes of this sub-section, ---

(a) a kudikidappukaran or the tenant of a kudikidappu shall be deemed to be a landless agricultural labourer if he does not possess any other land;

(b) “kudikidappukaran” shall include a person who was a kudikidappukaran to whom a certificate of purchase has been issued under sub-section (2) or section 88C.

(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Land Board may, if it considers that any land vested in the Government under section 96 or section 97 is required for any public purpose, reserve such land for such purpose.

(2) The Land Board shall not assign to any person more than ten cents in extent of land.

(3) Where a person possess any land, only so much land as will make the extent of land in his possession ten cents shall be assigned to him.