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The Hyderabad Abolition of Inams and Cash Grants Act, 1954

The Hyderabad Abolition of Inams and Cash Grants Act, 1954

Civil195439 sections

This legislation abolishes traditional land grants, known as inams, and cash grants previously issued by rulers or feudal lords in the Hyderabad region of Maharashtra. It applies to landholders, traditional grant recipients, village officeholders, and agricultural tenants. By ending feudal land titles and service-linked cash allowances, the law transfers ownership of these lands to the state and converts holders and tenants into direct occupants subject to regular land revenue payments. It provides for financial compensation to former grant holders while granting occupants land rights, effectively integrating historic feudal land systems into the modern, uniform state land governance framework.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 2A. Power of State Government or authorised officer to decide certain questions relating to inams and appeals
  4. 3. Abolition and vesting of inams and the consequences thereof
  5. 4. Abolition of cash grants and consequences thereof
  6. 5. Occupancy rights in respect of lands comprised in an inam held in perpetuity and which was alienable
  7. 6. Occupancy rights in respect of occupied land to which section 5 does not apply
  8. 7. Compensation in respect of cash grant
  9. 8. Compensation in respect of property referred to in section 3(2)(b)
  10. 9. Method of awarding compensation to inamdar
  11. 10. Method of awarding compensation for abolition, etc. of rights of other person in property
  12. 11. Previous approval in respect of certain awards and provisions of Land Acquisition Act applicable
  13. 12. Appeal against the Collector’s award
  14. 13. Procedure before Revenue Tribunal
  15. 14. Limitation
  16. 15. Finality of award and decision of Revenue Tribunal
  17. 16. Mode of payment of amount of compensation
  18. 17. Inamdars to deliver records to authorised officers
  19. 18. [Deleted]
  20. 19. [Deleted]
  21. 20. [Deleted]
  22. 21. [Deleted]
  23. 22. [Deleted]
  24. 23. [Deleted]
  25. 24. [Deleted]
  26. 25. [Deleted]
  27. 26. [Deleted]
  28. 27. [Deleted]
  29. 28. [Deleted]
  30. 29. [Deleted]
  31. 30. Inquiries and proceedings to be judicial proceedings
  32. 31. Fee payable on applications, petitions
  33. 32. Indemnity
  34. 33. Savings
  35. 34. Repeal
  36. 35. Power to make rules
  37. 36. Penalties
  38. 37. Power to remove difficulties
  39. 38. Atiyat Enquiries Act, 1952 not to apply to cash grants to which this Act applies

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