The Telangana Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950

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This Act outlines the legal framework for tenancy and land use throughout Telangana. It applies to everyone involved in farming, including individuals and co-operative societies, by defining specific terms related to agriculture and its operations. The law establishes rules regarding who qualifies as an agriculturist and distinguishes between different types of land holdings, such as basic and family holdings. Furthermore, it provides regulations on agricultural improvements to land, ensuring that farmers and tenants understand their rights and responsibilities regarding cultivation while protecting agricultural investments across the state.

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1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Specification of local areas
4. Determination of area of Family Holdings
5. Persons deemed to be tenants
16. Abolition of all cesses etc.
17. Enquiries as regards reasonable rent.
18. Suspensions or remissions of rent.
19. Termination of tenancy.
20. Bar to eviction from dwelling house
21. Tenant to be given first option of purchasing site on which he has built a dwelling house
22. Dwelling houses of agricultural labourers and artisans
23. Tenant's rights to trees planted by him
24. Rights to produce of naturally growing trees
25. Tenants responsible for maintenance of boundary marks
26. Repairs of protective bunds
26-A. Betterment contribution
27. Relief against termination of tenancy in certain cases
28. Relief against termination of tenancy for non payment or rent
29. Receipts for rent
30. Sub-division, subletting and assignment prohibited
31. Bar to attachment or sale by process of court
32. Procedure of taking possession
33. Act not to affect rights or privileges of tenant under any other law
34. Protected tenants
35. Decision on claims
36. Recovery of possession by protected tenant
37. Persons not entitled under section 34 deemed in certain circumstances to be protected tenants
37-A. Persons holding lands as tenants at the commencement of the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Amendment) Act, 1955 to be deemed to be protected tenants
38. Right of protected tenant to purchase land.
38-A. Procedure when reasonable price is agreed to between the landholder and protected tenant.
38-B. Procedure when landholder agrees to relinquish his rights in favour of the protected tenant
38-C. Minimum holding in case of sale
38-D. Procedure when landholder intends to sell land to a protected tenant
38-E. Ownership of lands held by protected tenants to stand transferred to them from a notified date
39. Right of protected tenants to exchange lands
40. Rights of protected tenant heritable
41. Compensation for improvements made by protected tenant
42. Protected tenant's right to erect farm house
43. Right of protected tenant to mortgage, or create charge on, his interest in land as security for loan
44. Land holder's right to terminate protected tenancy
45. Land holder to restore possession if he fails to cultivate within one year
46. Application for recovery of possession by tenant
47. Section 47
48. Section 48
48-A. Restriction on permanent alienation or transfer of land acquired by protected tenant
49. Section 49
50. Section 50
50-A. Section 50-A
50-B. Validation of certain alienations and other transfers of agricultural lands
51. Power to assume management of land.
52. Consequences of assumption of management.
53. Termination of management.
53-A. Census of land holdings and details of cultivation.
53-B. Prescription of standards of cultivation and management.
53-C. Further power to assume for public purpose management of land not efficiently cultivated and managed.
53-D. Appointment of Village Panchayat or Co-operative Farming Society as Managers
53-E. Order of preference in leasing out the surplus lands
53-F. Right of lessee to purchase lands
53-G. Power to acquire lands
66. Formation of a Co-operative Farm
67. Application for Registration
68. Registration of a Co-operative Farm
69. Land held by a member to be transferred to the Farm
70. Formation of a Co-operative Farm of holdings below the family holding
71. Disposal of objections
72. Service of order under section 71.
73. Registration of the Co-operative Farm of holdings below the family holding.
74. Lands in the holdings below the family holding to be transferred to the farm.
75. Acquisition of lands of a land holder not joining the Farm.
76. Consequences of registration.
77. Bye-laws of the Farm.
78. Amendment of the bye-laws by the Registrar.
79. Land contributed to the Farm to continue to vest in the landholder thereof.
80. Rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities of members.
81. Contribution by a member.
82. Liability of the Farm to land revenue and other dues.
83. Admission of new members.
84. Heirs entitled to become members of the Farm.
85. Loan to a Co-operative Farm.
86. Concessions and facilities for the Co-operative Farm.
87. Constitution of Tribunals.
87A. Constitution of Land Commission and their functions.
88. Additional functions of Tahsildar, Tribunal and Collector and vesting of powers in a Village Panchayat or a Co-operative Farming Society.
89. Procedure and powers at inquiries.
90. Appeals and revisions.
90-A. Transfer of appeal or proceeding.
91. Revisions.
92. Powers exercisable on appeal or revision.
93. Limitations.
94. Execution of orders.
95. Court fees.
96. Offences and penalties.
96-A. General provision as to penalties
97. Rules
98. Summary eviction
99. Bar of Jurisdiction
100. Control
100-A. Delegation of powers to the Board of Revenue
101. Indemnity
102. Act not to apply to certain lands and areas
103. Repeal and savings
104. Act to prevail over other enactments
53-F(2). Right of lessee to purchase lands
Chapter VII. Prevention of Fragmentation and the Consolidation of Holdings.
102(g). Act not to apply to certain lands and areas

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