The Rajasthan Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 2023

(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In section 48 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Act No. 3 of 1955), hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, after the existing sub-section (2) the following new sub-section shall be added, namely:- "(3) Any person, company or government entity involved in the setting up of a power plant based on renewable energy on its land may submit a proposal to the State Government to exchange any parcel of land in its possession as a tenant and adjacent to the land used for setting up of a power plant, with any parcel of government land falling within the land used for setting up of a power plant. The State Government may on examining such proposal, order for exchange of parcel of government land with the land offered to be exchanged by such person, company or government entity: Provided that the land to be exchanged with the government land should be equivalent or higher in market value as determined by competent authority. Explanation.- "market value" means the market value as defined in clause (xxiii) of section 2 of the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 (Act No. 14 of 1999).".

In sub-section (1) of section 251-A of the principal Act, after the existing expression "widen an existing way is granted" appearing at the end and before the existing punctuation mark ".", the expression "or in lieu of payment of compensation, on transfer of land in exchange of equal area in the name of such tenant preferably having the same price and adjoining to his land" shall be inserted.