The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955, is a piece of social welfare legislation designed to protect tenant farmers from arbitrary eviction by landlords. It ensures that those who contribute physical labor to cultivate land—whether as tenants or sub-tenants—cannot be removed from their holdings without valid legal grounds, such as non-payment of rent or misuse of land. The Act establishes the Revenue Divisional Officer as the primary authority for resolving disputes, effectively barring civil courts from interfering in these matters. It balances the rights of landlords to receive rent with the fundamental need for agricultural stability and tenant security.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 2-A. Construction of certain expressions
- 3. Landlords not to evict cultivating tenants
- 4. Right to restoration of possession.
- 4-A. Section 4-A
- 4-B. Execution of lease.
- 5. Section 5
- 6. Bar of jurisdiction of civil Courts.
- 7. Power to make rules.
- 8. Act not to apply to lands owned by Central Government, State Governments, etc.
- 4.AA. Special privileges for member of the Armed Forces.
- 6.A. Transfer of certain suits to the Revenue Divisinal Officer by civil Courts.
- 6.B. Revision by High Court.
- 6.BB. High Court to direct restoration in certain cases.
- 6.C. Transfer of application or other proceeding by High Court.
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