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The Telangana Atiyat Enquiries Act, 1952

The Telangana Atiyat Enquiries Act, 1952

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The Telangana Atiyat Enquiries Act, 1952 establishes a legal framework for inquiring into, confirming, and managing Atiyat grants, which include historical land grants, inams, jagir commutation sums, and cash grants across Telangana. It establishes special administrative courts, known as Atiyat Courts, to determine rights, titles, interests, and initial succession claims concerning these state-bestowed grants. The law applies to holders of these grants and beneficiaries seeking cash compensation or land rights following post-independence agrarian reforms. This legislation is essential for resolving legacy land and entitlement disputes, protecting government-granted allowances from unauthorized transfers or attachments, and transitioning traditional feudal land grants into modern administrative structures.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Continuance of Atiyat Grants.
  4. 3-A. Enquiries as to Atiyat Grants.
  5. 4. Enquires as to Atiyat Grants in Jagirs.
  6. 5. Consequences of breach of conditions of Muntakhab or Vasiqa.
  7. 6. Prohibition of alienation or encumbrance and exemption of attachment by a Court.
  8. 7. Succession.
  9. 8. Classes of Atiyat Courts.
  10. 9. Investure of powers.
  11. 10. Jurisdiction and procedure of Atiyat Courts.
  12. 11. Appeals.
  13. 12. Decision of Civil Courts to prevail on questions of succession, legitimacy, etc.
  14. 13. Finality of decision of the Atiyat Court and of certain other decisions.
  15. 13-A. Powers of Atiyat Courts when holding enquiries under this Act.
  16. 14. Rules.
  17. 15. Repeal.
  18. 16. Savings.

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