Amendment of section 2 of Hyd. Act No. VIII of 1955

In section 2 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),--

1. (1) before clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-- (a1) 'cash grant' means a grant of money or assignment of land revenue on the part of Government whether for the performance of certain duties, past or present, or for any reason whatever, but does not include--
   • (i) a cash grant held by or for the benefit of a charitable or religious institution,
   • (ii) a cash grant payable for rendering service useful to Government other than service appertaining to the office of Desai or of a village accountant commonly known as Kulkarni or Patwari,
   • (iii) any pension granted to an ex-servant of Government in consideration of the service rendered by him to Government,
   • (iv) a cash grant which has been discontinued under the Hyderabad (Abolition of Cash Grants) Act, 1952, and to which the
2. (7) in clause (h), after the words "oral agreement" the words "and includes a shikmidar" shall be inserted ;
3. (8) for clause (j), the following shall be substituted, namely :— "(j) 'tenant' means a tenant as defined in the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, and includes a protected tenant but does not include a permanent tenant ;";
4. (9) for clause (k), the following shall be substituted, namely :— "(k) 'Watan' means an inam held as a watan for service appertaining to the office of a village accountant commonly known as Kulkarni or Patwari or known by any other similar name or for service appertaining to the office of a District (Pargana) Officer commonly known as Sardeshmukh, Deshmukh, Deshpande or Desai or known by any other similar name whether any commutation settlement in respect of such watan has or has not been effected ;"