Saving of existing Possession

(1) Where, on any land in the shamilat deh immediately before it vests or is deemed to have been vested in a Panchayat under this Act, a person is in cultivating possession and his uncut and ungathered crops are standing thereon, he shall not be ejected from such land, unless his crops have ripened and he has been allowed reasonable time to harvest them. (2) Any person................ In every case of lease, a deed shall be duly executed by the lessee, and the lessee will surrender to the panchayat possession of the land leased to him, if he defaults in the payment of rent subject to the provisions of the Punjab Tenancy Act 1887, after the expiry of the period of lease. (1) The land in Samilat deh declared by the panchayat by a resolution in writing as pasturable, may be utilized by the residents of the village for- (a) grazing purposes; or (b) collecting dry fulwood from the jungle on terms laid down by the panchayat. (2) Open spaces near the abadi deh may, with the previous permission of the panchayat and in the manner laid down by it be utilized by the inhabitants of the village for threshing the harvests. (3) All inhabitants of the village are entitled to purchase or take on lease non-cultivable Shamilat deh from the Panchayat for residential, commercial or industrial purposes, on the terms and for the period settled by the Panchayat, but all such sales or leases shall be subject to the approval of the "Director of Panchayat"; Provided that members of the Scheduled Castes of the village may take on lease non cultivable shamilat land near the abadi deh up to one acre for installation of Maidani Brick Kiln at the rate of one hundred rupees per annum (4) The Panchayat may, if necessary, earmark suitable land for use as manure pits by the inhabitants of the village on such nominal charges as may be fixed by it: Provided that the panchayat may exempt members of Scheduled Castes or Backward Classes or any landless labourer or tenant, on the ground of Poverty from payment of such charges. No. Civil Court shall have any jurisdiction over any matter arising out of the operation of this Act. The income derived by a panchayat from the use and occupation of the land vested in it shall be utilized for the common good of the village, as laid down in the Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, No. IV of 1953 and for the improvement, maintenance and management of the shamilat deh.