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The Rajasthan Colonisation Act,1954

The Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954

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The Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 governs the administration, allotment, and development of government-designated land colonies across Rajasthan. It applies to tenants, land allottees, public authorities, and revenue officers operating within designated colony areas, particularly those linked to major, medium, and minor irrigation projects. The law empowers state officials, such as Collectors and Tehsildars, to set tenancy conditions, direct land development works like water channel construction and field reshaping, enforce penalties for breaches or false information, and evict unauthorized occupants. This legislation matters because it provides a legal framework to ensure fair distribution of agricultural land, efficient water usage, and structured rural development.

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  1. 1. Short title and extent
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Application of Act
  4. 4. Power to withdraw a colony from the operation of the Act
  5. 5. Applicability of tenancy and land revenue laws
  6. 6. Investing Colonisation Officers with powers of Revenue Courts
  7. 7. Issue of statement of conditions of tenancy
  8. 8. Legal effect of conditions
  9. 9. Rectangularisation of fields and carrying out and maintenance of land development works
  10. 10. Reservation of area for common needs of village
  11. 11. False information by the tenant
  12. 12. Exchange
  13. 13. Transfer of rights
  14. 14. Penalty for breach of conditions.
  15. 15. Power of re-entry and provision as to compensation in certain cases.
  16. 16. Provision for re-entry on and compensation or buildings on sites allotted for residential purposes.
  17. 17. Saving of certain tenancies and conditions
  18. 18. Sums due to State Government to be recoverable as arrears of land revenue
  19. 19. Power to abrogate conditions
  20. 20. Special conditions applicable to certain Khatedar tenants
  21. 21. Certain animals not liable to attachment or sale
  22. 22. Un-authorised occupation of land and re-entry
  23. 23. Penalties
  24. 24. Additional powers of Collector in regard to offences
  25. 25. Jurisdiction of Civil Court barred as regards matters arising under the Act
  26. 26. Public servants indemnified for acts done under this Act
  27. 27. Legalisation of orders passed previously to the Act
  28. 28. Power to make rules
  29. 29. Rules etc. subject to rescission or modification by resolution of State Legislature
  30. 30. Omitted

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